Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."I don't believe that poverty is a problem. Nobody I know faces this problem. It is just something the media wants you to fear. It is not real."

What will be an ideal response?


Fallacy of small sample, hasty generalization.

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a. karma. b. moksha. c. a holy death. d. asceticism.

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Legend has it that Descartes did much of his best thinking

What will be an ideal response?

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Kant held that Hume's philosophy was less reliable than scientific method

indicate whethet this statement is true or false

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"No widows are persons who have been married" could be the direct expression of

A) the belief that widows are persons who have been married.
B) the non-belief about whether widows are persons who have been married.
C) the disbelief that widows are persons who have been married.

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