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.Sure, I've been irritable today, but I actually did a good thing for Zanja when I told him he's an annoying person who always hangs around us like a leech. It's not because I'm in a bad mood; I'm actually doing him a kindness.
What will be an ideal response?
Irrelevant conclusion.
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An inference to the best explanation is a(n)
a. deductive argument. b. valid argument. c. sound argument. d. inductive argument.
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How did these three pre-Socratic materialists - Anaximander, Heraclitus, and Democritus - identify the nature of ultimate reality?
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Used properly, personality tests serve two purposes in the work place. Which of the following is one of those purposes?
a. personality tests help screen applicants for jobs by indicating areas of adequacy and inadequacy. b. personality tests help to determine whether an applicant is a drug user. c. personality tests help determine how little the business has to pay an applicant if hired. d. personality tests allow the business to usefully place applicants into a relatively small number of categories in terms of personality types and character traits.