Evaluate the following analogical argument:"He won the Silver Medal of Honor, has a Purple Heart, and was an Eagle Scout. I find it difficult to believe that it was he who committed the robbery."
What will be an ideal response?
Even though few of us know people who have won all these awards, most of us do have experience with people who have earned acknowledgment for dedication, respect for others, courage, conscientiousness, and so on. These people are the "premise-analogue." Because we know (and know of) few such people who also commit deeds that deny these virtues, we reason that this individual is unlikely to have done so. The analogical reasoning encountered here is inherently weaker than any direct evidence that bears on the person's evidence.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each question. A fallacy that can be detected by merely examining the form of an argument is:
A) A fallacy of presumption. B) An informal fallacy. C) A fallacy of relevance. D) A fallacy of weak induction. E) A formal fallacy.
Which of the following describes an enabling function of privacy?
a. Privacy helps to keep potentially embarrassing information private. b. Privacy helps individuals to sustain distinct social roles. c. Privacy helps protect individual rights based on values others may not hold. d. Privacy helps individuals from involuntarily harming their own reputation.
In what Book of the Republic does Plato's Allegory of the Cave occur?
a. 4
b. 7
c. 11
d. 9
If you believe in the idea of a social contract, then you probably accept that the people who are governed are the ultimate source of the legitimacy and authority of the government
Indicate whether the statement is true or false