Making an assumption that something is true simply because most people believe it to be true is an example of the ________ form of the popular appeal fallacy.
A. red herring
B. bandwagon approach
C. hasty generalization
D. snob appeal
Answer: B
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We commit the fallacy of anachronism whenever we fail to apply contemporary standards to the past.
a. true b. false
Milton Friedman's perspective is that the only responsibility of a business is to
A) provide social benefit for the messes. B) give jobs to the hard workers. C) pay taxes to keep the government operating. D) make money for its owners.
In the truth table for J ? (J v ~I), under which symbol does the box with the final result go?
A) the horseshoe B) the tilde C) the wedge
Placher states that while Luther began his program of reforming the Church with the teaching of justification by grace through faith, another reformer, Ulrich Zwingli, began with
A) the absolute authority of Scripture B) justification by works through faith C) the doctrine of creation out of nothing D) a belief in the soon-to-come end of the world