"Officer, I admit I was driving 140 mph on this congested highway, but I don't deserve a speeding ticket. There is no speed limit on this highway, and the law requires only that vehicles be driven "at a safe speed," which, for me, is well over 140 mph. Also, I apologize for not pulling over sooner. I was talking on my cell phone and didn't hear your siren." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of inappropriate appeal to authority
B. The fallacy of false alternatives
C. The fallacy of inconsistency
D. The slippery-slope fallacy
E. None of the answers are correct
Answer: C
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formal and popular. They should draw on resources in the chapter and include brief quotations, where possible, from the major philosophers who have weighed in on these issues. What will be an ideal response?
Wittgenstein uses ________ to illustrate a conventional, but he thinks ________ understanding of language
a. Aristotle; insightful b. Plato; mistaken. c. Forms; compelling d. Russell; confused e. Augustine; mistaken
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What will be an ideal response?
Two Christian authors who claimed compatibility between religion and reason was
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