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."Opponents to Proposition 102 say that contact tracing will lead to 'witch hunts.' We say it's time to stop peddling such fear and panic."-Rebuttal to argument against Proposition 102, 1988 California Ballot Pamphlet
What will be an ideal response?
Begging the question.
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Say whether the italicized sentence is a premiss, a conclusion, or neither premiss nor conclusion. The used car-salesman who sold me this car told me that this car has never been in a major accident. This car has never been in a major accident
a. premiss b. neither premiss nor conclusion c. conclusion
What is the primary revelation in Hindu scripture?
a. What is heard c. What is given b. What is seen d. What is thought
Ludwig Feuerbach claimed that instead of God, we should be concerned with:
1. the Devil. 2. Mankind. 3. the Greek gods. 4. our own unique selves.
The example in the text about the word person and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that corporations are persons reinforces the idea that ________
(a) people are biological (b) corporations are immortal (c) meaning matters (d) what person means is not all that important