Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."A lot more people are near-sighted these days. Check out those kids over there on their computers. They all wear glasses."

What will be an ideal response?


Hasty generalization/Generalizing from exceptional cases-possible biased sample.

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The term “Anabaptist” literally means:

a. pseudo-baptist. b. rebaptizer. c. no baptism. d. heretic.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Tom Larsen could not have written this fine term paper. Tom is as stupid as the day is long, and he can't put three words together to form an intelligent sentence

A) Argument against the person, abusive. B) No fallacy. C) Appeal to pity. D) Accident. E) Argument against the person, circumstantial.

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The only NT gospel that is not a synoptic gospel is the Gospel of John

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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