The attempt to discredit a position by discrediting the person holding it is an argument from ignorance

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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Gaunilo's Lost Island thought experiment is intended to show that

A. Anselm's style of reasoning is correct, but he comes to the wrong conclusion. B. there is such a thing as the greatest island possible. C. if Anselm's style of reasoning were correct, you could prove that God made the greatest island possible. D. if Anselm's style of reasoning were correct, you could prove that the greatest island possible exists.

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The earliest scientific theory of evolution was proposed by _____

A. Newton B. Mendel C. Darwin D. Lamarck

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Certain universal generalizations may be represented as

A) g is a B. B) No As are Bs. C) Some As are Bs.

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Hindu scripture is divided into

a. Two classes c. Four classes b. Three classes d. Six classes

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