The illiteracy rate in all developing countries is high. It follows that every person from a developing country must be illiterate. Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of division
B. The weak analogy fallacy
C. The questionable cause fallacy
D. The fallacy of composition
Answer: A
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a. Boxer Rebellion b. Cultural Revolution c. Taiping Rebellion d. Taocracy
Feuerbach held that philosophy is the science of ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Palmer-Fernandez maintains that citizens of what type of government bear a special
responsibility for the actions of that government? a. monarchy b. democracy c. theocracy d. feudalistic state e. state established through popular revolution
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local rules allow them free rein. Also, it is often impossible to detect the source of junk e-mail. Much of it is sent from zombie transmitters-personal computers that have been hijacked by viruses. Newspaper Clipping A) Argument; conclusion: Spammers can easily avoid ... allow them free rein. B) Argument; conclusion: Much of it is sent ... hijacked by viruses. C) Argument; conclusion: Laws banning junk e-mail are largely ineffective. D) Argument; conclusion: Also, it is often impossible ... junk e-mail. E) Nonargument.