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.Every event has a cause other than itself, since if it didn't, it would have to have caused itself, which is impossible.

What will be an ideal response?


Begging the question.

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A. ?Technician A only B. ?Technician B only C. ?Both A and B D. ?Neither A nor B

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What will be an ideal response

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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