Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."I see your new car is a Honda SUV. My mom bought a Honda Civic last year, and she gets great gas mileage. You'll be pleased with the mileage you get with your car."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Weak analogy.
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One reason that McCloskey is convinced that gender is not natural in every way, is
A) her own experience with the daily realities of "being a woman." B) her belief that we are who we are. C) her belief that there is no such thing as gender. D) her extensive studies, as a professor, of the psychology of human sexuality.
How do worshipers typically obtain an omikuji at a Shinto shrine?
a. by ringing the holy bell b. by paying about 100 yen c. by sacrificing animals d. by offering a statue of the kami to a Shinto shrine
What is the first step in the assessment of safety?
A. Deciding how much safety is demanded with respect to a particular product or activity. B. Determining how much safety is attainable and how to attain it in a given endeavor. C. Ascertaining whether a particular instance of a product or activity comes up to standards of safety. D. Lowering the level of risk until it is found, by the ordinary person, to be acceptable.
Your widowed and ailing father needs someone to look after him. Although he can afford to hire in-home care, he would prefer to have you, his only child, do it. However, you would rather live in your university's dorms. If you live at home, you would have to commute almost an hour to college and miss out on much of campus life. You turn to Confucius for advice. He would most likely advise you to:
A. say no to your father's demands. It is time for you to become independent and autonomous. B. call Dr. Jack Kevorkian. C. live at home with your father and commute to school. D. calculate the utility of living at home against the utility of living on campus.