The Fallacy of Equivocation Occurs When Someone

question 13

Multiple Choice

The fallacy of equivocation occurs when someone:

• A)uses a premise that is known to be a lie
• B)uses the same premise twice in an argument
• C)who is not an expert on a subject claims to be an expert
• D)switches the meaning of a word in the middle of an argument
• E)uses a proposition as support for itself in an argument

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