The following passage contains an argument that commits at least one informal fallacy. Name the type of fallacy committed and explain why the passage is an example of that type. I just know that getting the flu shot gives me the flu! Last year, I decided to get the flu vaccine and what do you know? I caught the flu. The same thing happened the year before that, and the year before that! There's no way I'm getting the flu shot again this year. I've had enough of the flu!
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False cause
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Gays in the military? If we allow that, then next we'll be letting women into the men's barracks. And the next thing you know, women, men, gays, everyone-they'll all be showering together and sleeping in the same bunks. Get real.
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What does Sartre mean by anguish? Explain, and give an example of how it feels and why it happens.
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Which of the following was a threat to the future of Shinto after World War II?
a. stagnant industrialization. b. a renewed interest in Buddhism by the Japanese. c. a renewed interest in Islam by the Japanese. d. rapid industrialization.
Marx believed that reality was material
Indicate whether the statement is true or false