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What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? “Either Bertrand Russell or John Maynard Keynes taught at Cambridge. But since we know that Russell taught at Cambridge, therefore Keynes did not.”
◦ denying the antecedent
◦ affirming the consequent
◦ affirming a disjunct

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What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? “Either there is a flood and one’s house gets destroyed, or there is a heat wave and crops get ruined. Since in fact there is a heat wave and crops are getting ruined, it is not the case that there is a flood and one’s house is getting destroyed.”
◦ denying the antecedent
◦ affirming the consequent
◦ affirming a disjunct
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Reply #1 on: May 12, 2022
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