The act of proving that an argument is invalid and/or untrue is defined as
a) argumentation.
b) refutation.
c) argumentativeness.
d) reasoning.
e) cooperative argumentation.
ANS: b
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A. recency B. complexity C. primacy D. specificity
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
The speaker and the audience should not be part of the same public.
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A. limited effects theory. B. mass society theory. C. cultural theory. D. hypodermic needle theory.
Critical Theory is based on the work of ________
Fill in the blank with correct word