Identify any fallacies in the following passage."The new Secretary of Defense says he'll prosecute the war in the Middle East in accordance with current American policy. But you realize, don't you, that as soon as he got home from Vietnam he began to criticize American policy there."
What will be an ideal response?
Ad hominem (inconsistency).
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Paul's essential gospel states that
A. salvation through Christ requires dismissing everything learned through the Torah. B. rigorous observance of the Torah wins salvation. C. salvation is given by being "faultless" in God's eyes. D. people are not saved by obedience to the Torah commands, but rather by faith in Christ.
Using the square of opposition and the truth value of the first claim, determine the truth values of the other claims.a. True: Some winters are dry seasons.b. No winters are dry seasons.c. All winters are dry seasons.d. Some winters are not dry seasons.
What will be an ideal response?
Jain ascetics can only take food that is offered to them, they cannot ask for food when they are
hungry.
a. True b. False
What did Socrates mean by saying that only ignorance leads to wrongdoing?
What will be an ideal response?