INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Either Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton participated in writing the Federalist Papers. But Jefferson did not participate in this project. Therefore, it was Hamilton who participated
A) No fallacy.
B) Weak analogy.
C) False dichotomy.
D) Amphiboly.
E) Suppressed evidence.
A
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A) All non-A are B. (F) B) No non-B are non-A. (F) C) No B are A. (Und.) D) All non-A are non-B. (Und.) E) Some non-A are non-B. (T)
Not all slippery-slope arguments are fallacious.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A) enumerative induction B) statistical syllogism C) causal argument D) analogy
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)