The Fallacy of Accident Occurs When Someone

question 69

Multiple Choice

The fallacy of accident occurs when someone:

• A)applies a generalization to particulars in disregard of their special features
• B)happens to be right, but doesn't know why
• C)means to say one thing, but mistakenly says the opposite
• D)argues that a proposition is more important than it really is
• E)suddenly forgets how the rest of an argument goes

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Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

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Intelligence Quotient

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