Consider the following argument: "Dipsy O'Neill has recently argued that drinking a little red wine with dinner is good for one's health. But no one should accept O'Neill's argument. O'Neill, as you know, is the owner of O'Neill's Wines and Spirits. Naturally, she'd love to see people buy more wine." Which of the following fallacies has been committed in this argument?
A. the fallacy of two wrongs make a right
B. the fallacy of look who's talking
C. the fallacy of attacking the motive
D. None of the answers are correct
Answer: C
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(a) used simply to reinforce what the speaker is saying (b) used for purposes of comparison and close analysis (c) part of the systematic investigation of relevant data (d) evidence to disconfirm the speaker's core beliefs
Defined as a people united by culture, kinship, language, and territory
a. community b. society c. nation d. tribe
The theory of spontaneous generation held that:
A) Life arises spontaneously from lifeless matter. B) Life arises spontaneously from sexual reproduction. C) Life arises spontaneously from various forms of vegetable nutrients. D) Life arises only from other forms of life. E) Life arises spontaneously from the action of an electric spark on certain amino acids.
In the truth table for determining the validity of "L ? C, C ? (E ? L) .•. C v (E ? L)", which truth values go in the column under the horseshoe?
A) TTFFTTTT B) FTTTFTTT C) TTTF D) TF