Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."You cannot support his stand on reforming public education. He sends his own children to private schools!"

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ad hominem.

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that it violated her right privacy.

What will be an ideal response?

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best translation for each categorical proposition. None but geniuses are attending

A) All geniuses are persons who are attending. B) All people who are not attending are people who are not geniuses. C) All persons attending are geniuses. D) Some geniuses are persons who are attending. E) No geniuses are people who are not attending.

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Wittgenstein held that sentences that cannot be reduced to simple symbols are

a. meaningless b. cryptic c. puzzling d. meaningful

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Theravada Buddhists strive to become one with Brahma

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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