Evaluate the Following Statement

question 9

Multiple Choice

Evaluate the following statement. "Simplified models such as Glatzmaier and Roberts' computer simulation cannot falsify a hypothesis."

• A) This statement is false because the failure of a correlation between the model and the hypothesis could be due to an error in the model, not the hypothesis.
• B) This statement is false because the failure of a correlation between the model and the hypothesis shows that there must be some error in the hypothesis.
• C) This statement is true because the failure of a correlation between the model and the hypothesis could be due to an error in the model, not the hypothesis.
• D) This statement is true because the failure of a correlation between the model and the hypothesis shows that there must be some error in the hypothesis.

Understand the concept of hasty generalization and identify it in arguments.

Grasp the concept of the accident fallacy and its application in specific to general reasoning.

Differentiate between valid generalizations and those that commit the fallacy of hasty generalization.

Understand the conditions under which two things can be considered causally related without committing a logical fallacy.

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Definitions:

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Nonroutine Collective Action

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