The fallacy of deliberately raising an irrelevant issue during an argument is called a(n)

A) Red Herring
B) Appeal to Distraction
C) Straw Man
D) Appeal to Emotion


Ans: A) Red Herring

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The text argues that the qualities of being "catholic" and "apostolic" stand in helpful tension with one another: the church is expansive (all true churches participate in the wholeness), but the church is apostolic (all true churches must be faithful to apostolic doctrine).

a. true b. false

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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. Categorical Proposition 1B Given the categorical proposition: "Some forest fires that are not started by campers are conflagrations that are not easily extinguished." In Categorical Proposition 1B, the quantity is:

A) Some. B) Affirmative. C) Universal. D) Particular. E) Negative.

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Consider the statement "I don't know if I can tolerate that much tolerance." Choose the best symbolization of this statement.

A. ~k ? t B. ~k C. ~k & ~t D. t ? ~k E. None of the answers are correct

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