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What kind of reasoning is used in the following statement? In recent years there have been a number of highly publicized cases of sexual harassment in business, government, and education. Thus, we c... an conclude that sexual harassment continues to be a problem for women in the workplace. a. fallacial reasoning b. emotional reasoning c. inductive reasoning d. casual reasoning e. deductive reasoning + 2. What error or fallacy in reasoning is exemplified by the following statement? French movies are all boring. I saw three of them last semester in my film class and I couldn’t stay awake through a single one. a. false cause b. faulty deduction c. invalid analogy d. hasty generalization + e. circular reasoning 3. In our courts of law the saying, “Your are innocent until proven guilty,” is an example of a. judgment b. burden of proof c. a prima facie case d. presumption + e. a proposition 4. When you reason in an argument from a general principle or premise to a specific conclusion, you are using a. analogical reasoning b. deductive reasoning + c. universal reasoning d. reasoning from premises e. reasoning by generalization [Show More]

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