Which of the following statements expresses a value claim?
A) Most art museums are reluctant to purchase the work of young artists.
B) The diagnosis of bipolar disorder among adolescents has risen in recent years.
C) Dog fighting is a thoroughly disgusting line of business.
D) When interest rates rise, the number of real estate foreclosures tends to increase.
E) Mountaintop removal of coal causes tremendous erosion and soil runoff.
C
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To argue that no distinction is possible on the grounds that any distinction would constitute an arbitrary break in a continuum is to commit the fallacy of
a. circular reasoning b. misleading vividness c. slippery slope d. hasty generalization
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. You should never buy your child a goldfish, because next it will be a hamster and then a rabbit. After that the kid will scream for a cat, and then a dog. Next it will be a horse, then a water buffalo, and finally an elephant. The cost of pet food will drive you to the poor house
A) No fallacy. B) Slippery slope. C) Begging the question. D) False cause. E) Appeal to force.
According to the Book of Genesis, Adam lived to be how old?
A. 122 years old B. 930 years old C. 545 years old D. 99 years old
As an Idealist, George Berkeley believed that matter does not really exist and that we are thoughts in the mind of God.
a. true b. false