Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Logic - 3.7 Arguments and Truth Tables - Exercise Set 3.7 - Page 193: 70

Answer

The correct option is (g).

Work Step by Step

The provided statement shows that the narrator is refusing the idea of Professor Jones about how economic systems should place human need above profit because Jones is a communist who has visited Cuba twice. Hence, the provided statement is a fallacy of mischaracterization because fallacy of mischaracterization is type of fallacy which occurs when someone misrepresenting an opponent’s position or attacking the opponent rather than that person’s ideas in order to refute his or her argument. Thus, this is a type of fallacy of mischaracterization.
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