The following argument illustrates the questionable cause fallacy: "Many high school students sleep through the first period. Clearly, many high school students stay up too late studying."

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. A hundred years ago people listened to recorded music on their gramophones. There are very few gramophones around today. Therefore, probably people listen to less recorded music today than they did a hundred years ago

A) Appeal to the people. B) False cause. C) Suppressed evidence. D) Accident. E) Hasty generalization.

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Ethical relativism supports the theory that:

a. what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right. b. there are no moral values whatsoever. c. morality is relative to the goal of promoting human well-being. d. different societies have similar ideas about right and wrong.

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Hypothetical reasoning is a form of inductive reasoning. True False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In 2000, the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, issued a fatwa calling for all Muslims to attack the historic enemies of Islam, __________

a. Buddhism and Judaism b. Christianity and Communism c. Hinduism and Buddhism d. Hinduism and Sikhism e. Judaism and Christianity

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