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.Are you really going to believe her about librarians' salaries not being excessive? I'll have you know she herself is a librarian, or don't you think that matters?

What will be an ideal response?


Ad hominem, circumstantial.

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A) FFTT B) TT C) FFFFTTTT D) FFFFFFFF

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Kierkegaard rejected Hegelian philosophy because:

1. Kierkegaard hated everyone. 2. Hegel was an atheist. 3. Hegel makes it sound like thinking occurs before the existence of concrete human beings. 4. Kierkegaard didn't like Hegel's writing style.

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If a person gets a speeding ticket and argues that he shouldn't have to pay because his neighbour got off paying on a ticket last week, he has committed the fallacy of two wrongs make a right

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A philosophical understanding of justice was sufficient to allow Plato to resist the temptation to flee from the punishment to which the Athenians had sentenced him

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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