The claim "China is the world's largest democracy. After all, it is called the Democratic Republic of China." is an example of
A. Definitional fallacy
B. Begging the question
C. Equivocation
D. Emotionally loaded language
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The pampered daughter of a wealthy businessman and a prominent Boston socialite joins the Peace Corps following college and spends one year working with orphans in a poverty-stricken nation. This experience deeply upsets her and, to her parents' dismay, leads her to question her childhood values. What, according to Sheila Mullett, is the daughter most likely experiencing?
A. ontological shock B. paradigm inflexibility C. praxis D. resistance
"There hasn't been a president for 100 years that wasn't a Republican or a Democrat. Therefore, it is likely that the next president will be a Republican or a Democrat." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The weak analogy fallacy B. The fallacy of false alternatives C. The fallacy of hasty generalization D. The questionable cause fallacy E. None of the answers are correct
Friedrich Nietzsche believed that a belief could be false and still be a necessary condition of life
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.