If you were to delete a convergent premise from a cogent argument, the conclusion would no longer follow from the remaining premises

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Elizabeth Anderson endorses the view that surrogacy contracts are expressions of female altruism

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The problem with making the "subjunctive fallacy" is that _______

A. it changes the subject to something that is irrelevant B. one cannot know what would have happened in counterfactual situations C. not everyone is going to trust an authority on the subject D. it is a generalization over too small of a sample

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. No sand castles are permanent structures. Therefore, some sand castles are not permanent structures

A) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. B) Invalid, illicit subalternation. C) Valid, no fallacy. D) Invalid, illicit contrary. E) Invalid, illicit conversion.

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In the ancient world, a wise person was known as a "thyme"

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