Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.When Lebanon and Syria signed a treaty on May 22, 1991, aimed at ending sixteen years of Lebanese civil war, Israel stated that the treaty was tantamount to annexation of Lebanon. Syrian President Hafez Assad responded, "It seems that the Israelis have found it beneficial to use the treaty to cover up their rejection of peace [i.e., to cover up Israeli opposition to U.N. Security Council resolutions calling for Israel to give up occupied Arab lands]. They want to create a cause to talk about it, thinking they would thus divert the world's
attention from the ongoing efforts for peace in the region."
What will be an ideal response?
Assad's response is a smokescreen. What's interesting is that his smokescreen amounts to calling Israel's statement a smokescreen.
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What will be an ideal response?
INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and a new statement. You must determine how the new statement is related to the given statement and determine the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. Some non-A are not B. (T) Some non-A are B
A) Contradiction. (F) B) Conversion. (Und.) C) Subcontrary. (Und.) D) Contraposition. (T) E) Obversion. (T)
Sufi mysticism involves
A) learning about God by studying books. B) denying that God exists. C) an intellectual grasp of theological doctrines. D) complete purification of the heart from what is other than God.
What did Ahura Mazda promise to the followers of Zarathustra?
a. long life b. psychic abilities c. immortality d. unimaginable wealth