Let the domain of interpretation be the set of all people; let S denote the class of scholars, A denote the class of athletes, and ...C__denote the binary relationship ...is more competitive than ___. The argumentEverything that happens has a cause; therefore, something is the cause of everythingis apparently an example of

a. a genetic fallacy.
b. the fallacy of the undistributed middle.
c. the fallacy of every and all.
d. None of these choices.


c

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What will be an ideal response?

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Rewrite the following argument as a standard-form categorical syllogism; then identify its mood and figure: Some Tibetan monks are bookstore junkies, because no Ronald Reagan movie fans are bookstore junkies and some Tibetan monks are Ronald Reagan movie fans.

What will be an ideal response?

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The Pre-Socratics were trying to understand the world by the use of their reason alone, without appealing to what?

A. Religion. B. Revelation. C. Authority. D. Tradition. E. All of the above

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The finite universe method involves

A. describing a possible situation where the premises of an argument are true and the conclusion of the argument is true. B. describing a possible situation where the conclusion of the argument is true. C. describing a possible situation where the premises are false. D. describing a possible situation where the premises are true and the conclusion is false.

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