"Floods are natural disasters that come with a cost in lives and property

Although witnesses report that the recent flood in Ecuador caused neither, it was a flood after all – and, as such, I'm sure it came with a cost in lives and property" commits the fallacy of A) begging the question B) begging the question against C) complex question D) false alternatives E) accident


E

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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If people do not believe in the possibility that they can make a difference- if they have no hope- they are not likely to act to change things

a. true b. false

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The fallacy of equivocation occurs when

a. the premisses of the argument use relative terms. b. the force of an argument depends on shifts of meaning. c. an ambiguous term occurs in an argument. d. All of these choices.

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By "to be is to be perceived" Berkeley means

A) material objects exist external to the mind and then are perceived. B) x exists if and only if x is perceived. C) something can be seen and known to be material. D) only objects independent of the mind can be truly said to exist.

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