Arguments from authority may fail in all of the following ways except
A. committing a fallacy of incomplete evidence.
B. drawing on a misinterpretation of the authority cited.
C. failing to cite a majority of experts on the topic in question.
D. appealing to the opinion of an organizational authority.
C. failing to cite a majority of experts on the topic in question.
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Karma helps to explain the problem of evil by asserting that people get what they __________
a. deserve b. least expect c. pray for d. want
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. After being released from prison in Rome, Paul went to Crete, where he was imprisoned again. 2. Analysis of the Pastoral Epistles strongly suggests that they were written long after Paul's time, and therefore couldn't have been authored by Paul. 3. After his death, Paul's influence on the church subsided. 4. The Book of Daniel denounced Antiochus IV, a Greek-Syrian king who tried to destroy the Jewish religion. 5. In the Book of 2 Thessalonians, the demonic entity in human form that desecrates the Temple is held at bay by the unidentified "Redoubter."
_____relies upon a wager to prove the existence of God
A. Pascal B. Spinoza C. Stace D. Hume
"Laws designed to protect minorities from discrimination actually do promote a more just society and pose no serious questions of constitutionality
We may be certain of this because Paris Hilton, the heiress and television star, supports this view" commits the fallacy of A) hasty generalization B) weak analogy C) false cause D) appeal to ignorance E) appeal to unqualified authority