All Married Bachelors Are Polygamists

question 182

Multiple Choice

All married bachelors are polygamists. Therefore, it is false that some married bachelors are not polygamists.

• A) Invalid, existential fallacy.
• B) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.
• C) Valid, no fallacy.
• D) Invalid, illicit subalternation.
• E) Invalid, illicit contrary.

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Confounding Variable

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Intelligence

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Recall Events

The process of retrieving information about past events or experiences from one’s memory.

Confounding Variables

Factors other than the independent variable(s) that are unequal across groups.