What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? "Either Bertrand Russell or John Maynard Keynes taught at Cambridge. But since we know that Russell taught at Cambridge, therefore Keynes did not."
A) denying the antecedent B) affirming the consequent C) affirming a disjunct
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.Hume believed that the controversies in philosophy will be resolved if we first become clear about
a. God. b. logic. c. human nature. d. universals.
The dominant tradition in Western philosophy has tended to assign a privileged role to a detached version of reason, denigrating the body and emotion while overlooking how this point of view is itself patriarchal and culturally biased. Western feminist philosophers have offered broad critiques of this tradition and its patriarchal (or masculinist) assumptions. Write an essay detailing this
perspective, focusing first on the feminist critique of patriarchal assumptions about sex and gender. Then look at how feminists challenge cultural assumptions about three of the following issues: nature; the body and reason; gender, moral reasoning, and emotion; science; and language. What will be an ideal response?
Who wrote Being and Time?
a. Sartre b. Heidegger c. Searle d. Russell