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. The mentally disabled b. Fetuses c. Anencephalic infants d. None of these choices
INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and a new statement. You must determine how the new statement is related to the given statement and determine the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. Some B are non-A. (F) All B are non-A
A) Subalternation. (F) B) Contradictory. (T) C) Subcontrary. (Und.) D) Subalternation. (Und.) E) Subcontrary. (T)
Hallie argues that a power differential is central to the notion of cruelty
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Rationalists believe that truth is
a. Universal b. Dependent c. Subjective d. Context dependent