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.he: Well, things didn't work out quite the way I wanted, but that's the way life often is.she: That's not my philosophy. Your dreams will come true if you want them to, but you really have to want them to.

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Wishful thinking.

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Keeping in mind the sources cited, discuss the credibility of the claim(s) made in the following passage:"The UFOnauts are usually clothed in shiny, tight fitting, one piece suits, and in most reports seem able to breathe our air without difficulty. Telepathy seems involved in most contacts.... If you are tired of the same old pseudoexplanations, official debunkings, and lame duck logic from quacks suffering megalomania, then you are invited to join the concerted efforts of the UFO Contact Center...."-From a pamphlet, undated, issued in the 1980s by Aileen E. Edwards, director of UFO Contact Center International in Seattle, Washington

What will be an ideal response?

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As Rawls argues, the principles that a rational, self-interested agent would agree to from behind the veil of ignorance are those that abide by the principle of utility

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In the medieval Islamic tradition, there was no concern over the problem of heresy

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Epistemological skepticism is the view that knowledge can never be adequately justified

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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