“A fan of the Tour of France is reported to have said that Armstrong used performance-boosting drugs. Therefore, he used performance-boosting drugs” commits the fallacy of
A) hasty generalization
B) weak analogy
C) false cause
D) appeal to ignorance
E) appeal to unqualified authority
Ans: E) appeal to unqualified authority
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a. she would say that women have been defined as the “Other.” b. postmodernists like Derrida might say that a particular woman is what she is only in the context of her relation to everything else. c. Ayer would say that we need to analyze the word “woman” and refer to a definition or to our sense experience if a stated answer is to be meaningful. d. all of the above would be likely responses.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Jillian is mapping her co-worker's decision-making process. She puts a few words in braces alongside a shaded rectangle. What does the use of the braces signify about the words the braces enclose?
(a) The enclosed words are Jillian's interpretive comments. (b) The enclosed words indicate that a decision needs to be made. (c) The enclosed words are good ideas that the co-worker failed to include. (d) Those enclosed words clarify what the co-worker meant. (e) Those enclosed words indicate where Jillian disagreed with the point her co-worker was making.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Practically all the students in Professor Kane's English class copy their term papers from the Internet. Therefore, since you're in that class, you should do this, too
A) Begging the question. B) Tu quoque (you, too). C) Appeal to the people. D) No fallacy. E) Accident.