A particular school in a state with lower-than-average funding may offer an immeasurably better education than a ghetto school in New York, but to conclude from this example that the lower-than-average state offers a better education is the ________.
A. fallacy of circular reasoning
B. fallacy of appeal to prejudice
C. fallacy of dramatic instance
D. fallacy of authority
Answer: C
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a. openness. b. breadth. c. depth. d. mutuality.
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