Which of the Following Illustrates the Fallacy of Composition

question 381

Multiple Choice

Which of the following illustrates the fallacy of composition?

• A) Whatever goes up must come down.
• B) Facts are more important than theories.
• C) What is true for the part is necessarily also true for the whole.
• D) If event B occurs after event A, event A must have caused event B.

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