Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."People who read a lot are less apt to suffer from dementia. So we recommend reading for all our older patients."

What will be an ideal response?


Cum hoc, ergo propter hoc (Overlooking the possibility of reversed causation).

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The view that there are many realities and that realities are constructed by the many languages of the cultures and

subcultures is called

a. pragmatism. b. existentialism. c. postmodernism. d. realism.

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He was the grandson of the founder of the Celestial Masters, and succeeded his father, Chang

Heng.

a. Chang Lu b. Ko Hung c. Ts'ao Ts'al d. Chang Tao-ling

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Some Sikhs, including a prominent group led by __________, have been willing to resort to violence in their campaign to force the creation of a new Sikh nation

a. Hasan al-Banna b. Ibn-al Wahhabi c. Ruhallah Musavi Khomeini d. Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale e. Sayiid Qutb

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Ineffable means

a. unable to be spoken in words b. quality of knowing c. quality of representation d. emotional purging

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