"As Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates pointed out, to rebuild the economy people need to buy more American-made products now—especially computer software" commits the fallacy of

A) hasty generalization B) weak analogy C) false cause D) appeal to ignorance E) appeal to unqualified authority


E

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Gaunilo, Anselm’s critic, argued against the ontological argument by claiming that

a. the evil in the world shows that God is not really perfect. b. the argument could just as easily prove the existence of the perfect island. c. reason cannot be used to prove matters of faith. d. all of the above

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In attorney Clarence Darrow’s defense of Leopold and Loeb, the two teenage murderers, he argued for

a. determinism. b. libertarianism. c. compatibilism. d. functionalism.

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The least controversial criteria used in higher education admissions decisions are based on

a. wealth b. academic merit c. effort d. race

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Anaximenes held that qualitative differences cannot produce quantitative changes

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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