"The Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizens United case made it legal for corporations to funnel unlimited funds to political campaigns without any accountability or transparency. That ruling is responsible for the massive influx of corporate money and the overwhelming number of political ads we've seen in recent U.S. elections." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The post hoc fallacy
B. The oversimplified cause fallacy
C. The hasty generalization fallacy
D. The mere correlation fallacy
E. None of the answers are correct
Answer: B
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The only place on his second journey where Paul was not mobbed or arrested was
A. Jerusalem. B. Rome. C. Ephesus. D. Athens.
According to your text, the difference between ancient Greek philosophy and the outlook of other civilizations was that Greek philosophy
a. was based on religious traditions. b. used intuition alone to reach its conclusions. c. searched for the key to individual salvation. d. sought knowledge for its own sake.
Kierkegaard says that "truth is ____."
a. subjectivity b. objective c. relative to one’s society and historical era d. found only in an adequate metaphysical system
The reportive definition, "A fruit is a part of a plant" is
A) too broad B) too narrow C) too broad and too narrow