Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.I wouldn't take her speech on freedom and liberty seriously. She restricts her own children from eating outside.

What will be an ideal response?


Ad hominem. Poisoning the well.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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According to hard determinists, we think we are free but we really are not because:

A. our actions have no causes. B. we do not know the causes of our actions. C. our choices have no causes. D. we do not know the future.

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Why are 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus called Pastoral Epistles?

a. They are written to guide leaders in the church. b. Each letter contains specific instructions on how to herd sheep. c. The writer of the letters offers advice to his "flock," the church d. They are written to combat heresy

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The significance of the polis in ancient Greek philosophy was as a place _______

A. where the people could hear the will of the king B. in which free expression of ideas was forbidden C. that was the equivalent of the United States Senate D. where conversations could take place

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