INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Nobody has ever seen Mr. Albie walk without crutches. We conclude that Mr. Albie needs crutches to walk

A) Appeal to pity.

B) False cause.

C) Appeal to ignorance.

D) Begging the question.

E) No fallacy.


E

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