A good argument should neither be deductively sound nor inductively cogent.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that no exercise machines are cumbersome devices. Therefore, all exercise machines are cumbersome devices
A) Invalid, existential fallacy. B) Invalid, illicit contrary. C) Invalid, illicit contraposition. D) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. E) Invalid, illicit subalternation.
When we say that an electric current flowing through the filament of a light bulb causes the bulb to produce light, we mean 'cause' in the sense of a:
A) Relative and an absolute condition. B) Necessary and a sufficient condition. C) Sufficient but not a necessary condition. D) Relative but not an absolute condition. E) Necessary but not a sufficient condition.
"Since today most superpowers engage in space explorations, our country –which is also a superpower-- shouldn't be left behind" commits the fallacy of
A) appeal to pity B) appeal to force C) appeal to emotion
The "tragedy of the commons" is
a. the lack of a commons-a common place where people can come together. b. the failure to appreciate what we have in common with other species. c. that cost-benefit analysis involves value judgments that we do not share in common. d. that individual pursuit of self-interest can sometimes make everyone worse off.