Which fallacy is committed in the following? It is obvious that a family that continues to pile up debt cannot survive and will be plunged into bankruptcy. But similarly, governments that operate on heavy deficit spending—such as our own government, which is trillions of dollars in debt —will end in national economic disaster
a. misleading vividness
b. circular reasoning
c. false analogy
d. slippery slope
c
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a. Allegory b. Myth c. Parable d. Scripture
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A. precising definition B. lexical definition C. persuasive definition D. stipulative definition
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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