Evaluate the Following Analogical Argument

question 22

Essay

Evaluate the following analogical argument:
Wolfgang has been to America, once visiting New York and once visiting Columbus. (Why is it always "Columbus, Ohio"? Is there another sizable Columbus?) Now he has an opportunity to visit New Orleans. Wolfgang decides not to go. "Based on my experience, it will be awful-there'll be crime, violence, poverty, rude people, drug addicts-every kind of unpleasantness."

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Definitions:

1309-1378

Dates defining the Avignon Papacy, a period when the popes resided in Avignon, France rather than in Rome, a situation that led to significant church conflict.

Papal Bull Unam Sanctam

A significant papal decree issued by Pope Boniface VIII in 1302, asserting the supreme spiritual authority of the Pope over kings and secular rulers.

Pope Boniface VIII

A Pope who reigned from 1294 to 1303, known for his conflicts with secular rulers and for issuing the Unam Sanctam, asserting papal supremacy.

Secular Rulers

Leaders or monarchs who hold authority in the political realm without specific endorsement from religious institutions.