INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Therefore, since old Ben would never lie about anything so important as God, we must conclude that God does indeed exist
A) Appeal to unqualified authority.
B) False cause.
C) No fallacy.
D) Begging the question.
E) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
A
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A) Subalternation. (F) B) Contradictory. (T) C) Subcontrary. (Und.) D) Subalternation. (Und.) E) Subcontrary. (T)
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