"Obama's claim that BP's president should be fired was a stupid thing to say, but it's just the sort of thing he would say. After all, he comes from a liberal Democrat background" commits the fallacy of
A) appeal to pity B) appeal to force C) appeal to emotion D) ad hominem E) beside the point F) straw man
D
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Responsibilities for dealing with transcendent forces of the heavens falls to
a. izinyanga zezulu. b. diviners. c. herbalists. d. abathakati.
"In North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana it is possible to drive for a hundred miles without meeting a car and speed limits on the interstate highways are unnecessary
In New Jersey there are cars everywhere and you cannot drive anywhere without meeting other cars. Yet New Jersey is similar to North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana, in that it also has interstate highways. Thus speed limits in New Jersey are equally unnecessary" commits the fallacy of A) hasty generalization B) weak analogy C) false cause D) appeal to ignorance E) appeal to unqualified authority
Empiricism is the theory that all human knowledge comes from the senses
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Newton believed that all material bodies in the universe were governed by universal laws of nature
a. True b. False