What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? "Since the official residence of the prime minister is on Downing Street only if he lives in London, and he does live in London, it follows the prime minister's official residence is on
Downing Street." A) denying the antecedent B) affirming the consequent C) affirming a disjunct
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Al-Ghazali writes, "Just as intellect is one of the stages of human development in which there is an 'eye' which sees the various types of intelligible objects, which are beyond the ken of the senses, so prophecy also is the description of a stage in which there is an eye endowed with light such that in that light the unseen and other supra-intellectual objects become visible." This passage
indicates that al-Ghazali is A) an empiricist. B) a rationalist. C) an absolute skeptic. D) a mystic.
One of the four kinds of law for Aquinas is not:
a. Human law b. none of these are correct c. Natural law d. Eternal law
As the number of Christian converts grow, the Roman government no longer dismissed them as simply being __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word