What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? "Either there is a flood and one's house gets destroyed, or there is a heat wave and crops get ruined
Since in fact there is a heat wave and crops are getting ruined, it is not the case that there is a flood and one's house is getting destroyed." A) denying the antecedent B) affirming the consequent C) affirming a disjunct
C
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. a. True b. False
Someone who believes in keeping the death penalty is a(n)
a. retributivist. b. abolitionist. c. advocate. d. retentionist.
Because of his religious views, Bacon rejected a materialistic and mechanistic account of nature
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.