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.One person, speaking to her friends before they attend a political fund-raising party: "Now listen, folks, before we go into this party. You should be prepared to hear all kinds of flattery as they butter you up before they try to pick your pockets. Remember, all they're after is your money."
What will be an ideal response?
Poisoning the well. (Of course, there may be a wee grain of good advice in there, too.)
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a. the physical objects we encounter in sense experience. b. moral ideals created by the human mind. c. verbal definitions that exist only in our language. d. eternal realities, known by the mind alone.
Shamans should not be confused with who practice black magic to hurt others _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Plato believed that he could give the best lecture on an ideal society
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
This Yiddish term for "covenant of circumcision," a formal name for circumcision and involves surgically removing the foreskin of the penis, is:
a. bris milah. b. bat mitzvah. c. Yom Kippur. d. Rosh Hashanah.