"The Slim-Down Diet, which is rich in protein and low in carbs, is not healthy. Therefore, no diet is healthy" commits the fallacy of

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


A

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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. The countries of the world today are divided into 2 groups. The more-developed countries, typified by countries

in North America and Europe, are those in which population growth is under control and the people enjoy a good standard of living. The less-developed countries, typified by countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, are those in which population growth is out of control and the majority of people live in poverty. Sylvia S. Mader, Human Biology, 4th ed. A) Argument; conclusion: The countries of the ... into two groups. B) Nonargument. C) Argument; conclusion: The more developed countries ... standard of living. D) Argument; conclusion: The less developed countries ... live in poverty. E) Argument; conclusion: The less developed countries ... Africa, and Asia.

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According to empiricism, our only source of knowledge about the world is

A. reason. B. sense experience. C. the Bible. D. God.

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