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jerry coleman · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

This fallacy is an argument that oversimplifies a situation, asserting that there are only two choices when actually there are many.

a. Hasty generalization.
b. Weak analogy
c. False dilemma
d. Questionable statistic

Question 2

After Ben Franklin proved that materials of different colors absorb heat differently, he went on to reason the people who live in tropical climates should wear white clothing. What inductive method of reasoning was he using?

a. He was reasoning entirely from sensory observation.
b. He was using none of the above.
c. He was reasoning from enumeration.
d. He was using analogical reasoning.