Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.If Global Warming is for real, then the mean global temperature would have risen over the past ten years. Global Warming is not for real. Therefore the mean global temperature hasn't risen over the past ten years.

What will be an ideal response?


Denying the antecedent

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According to Plato, the ultimate source of knowledge and reality is

a. the Good. b. God. c. the physical universe. d. science.

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According to your text, which earlier philosopher had the most influence on the agenda of twentieth- century philosophy?

a. Plato b. Thomas Aquinas c. Benedict Spinoza d. Immanuel Kant

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Richard Rorry argues that there is no algorithm to determine precise answers about which beliefs are better than others

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The later Wittgenstein compared his philosophical methods to

a. the precise instruments used in science. b. keys which will unlock all the secrets of the universe. c. works of art which are inspiring, but have no practical application. d. different forms of therapy.

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