The fallacy of arguing that what is true of the parts must be true of a whole is

A) Equivocation
B) Dysphemism
C) Composition
D) Ridicule


Ans: C) Composition

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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) concedes that the war on drugs is

unwinnable.

a. True b. False

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Assess the following as probably true, as probably false, as requiring further documentation before judgment, or as a claim that cannot properly be evaluated. Consider both the nature of the claim and the source.Huddie Ledbetter ("Leadbelly") was not only a writer and performer of songs but also an unusually powerful man. Alan Lomax, the historian of American folk music, wrote that "in the Texas Penitentiary he was the number one man in the number one gang on the number one farm in the state-the man who could carry the lead row in the field for 12 or 14 hours a day under the broiling July and August sun." He could pick a bale of cotton in a day-that's 500 pounds!-Adapted from liner notes to the record Leadbelly (Everest recording FS-202)

What will be an ideal response?

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Thales was the pupil of Anaximander

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. We've said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.Karl's diet really took the pounds off; he looks reallya. slender.b. thin.c. svelte.d. trim.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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