A fallacy that involves distorting an opponent's position and then concluding that you have refuted him or her is the called the Straw Man argument

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"Sport means baseball, football, hockey, and so forth." This is an example of a(n) ________.

A. ostensive definition B. etymological definition C. definition by subclass D. definition by genus and difference E. enumerative definition F. synonymous definition

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Professor Stevens, the great English scholar, says that Chaucer's Canterbury Tales represents a milestone in the development of the English language. Therefore, the Canterbury Tales must indeed be a milestone, just as he says

A) Appeal to force. B) No fallacy. C) Amphiboly. D) Appeal to unqualified authority. E) False cause.

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The things that existing law excludes women from doing are those which they have proved

they are able to do, according to Mill.

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Volmar was an early woman philosopher who had visions

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