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 say let's splurge and buy seats on the fifty-yard line. I know a place we can get them for twenty-five dollars apiece.""Good grief! Maybe you want to spend every last cent we make on a football game, but not me. Are you nuts?"

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Straw man.

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a. Luke b. Judas c. Paul d. Peter

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What will be an ideal response?

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Identify the main connective and truth value for [D ? (~E ? D)] v ~(~H ? ~J). Assume that H and J are true, and D and E are false

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