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."Look, the governor's office is supposed to list chemicals that are suspected to be poisonous, but let's not put them on the list officially until we know for sure that they're harmful. Otherwise, we just cause a lot of unnecessary trouble for the people who make and use the chemicals."
What will be an ideal response?
Misplaced burden of proof (special circumstances-high stakes).
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a. there is an external reality but we cannot know it. b. the external world is very different from what we perceive. c. the mind is identical to the brain and its states. d. there is no reality outside of my own mind and its contents.
INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below, below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and an operation/relation to be performed on that statement. You must identify the new statement and the truth value of the new statement. Take the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that ‘A' and ‘B' denote things that actually exist. All A are non-B. (F) Conversion
A) All non-B are A. (F) B) No A are non-B. (Und.) C) Some A are not non-B. (T) D) All B are non-A. (Und.) E) All non-B are A. (Und.)
In the first century C.E., much of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East were under the rule of the
a. Romans. b. Israelis. c. French. d. Greeks.
The desire to maximize the potential of one’s study to "do good" is central to which ethical principle?