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What is the name of the fallacy where an argument dismisses evidence against a claim on the grounds that it does not involve a genuine example of whatever is being described, and where there are no other grounds for introducing such a distinction?Question 3Select one:a.Ad Hominem Circumstantialb.Straw Personc.Equivocationd.No True Scotsmane.Texas Sharpshooter

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What is the name of the fallacy where an argument dismisses evidence against a claim on the grounds that it does not involve a genuine example of whatever is being described, and where there are no other grounds for introducing such a distinction?Question 3Select one:a.Ad Hominem Circumstantialb.Straw Personc.Equivocationd.No True Scotsmane.Texas Sharpshooter

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The name of the fallacy you're referring to is d. No True Scotsman. This fallacy occurs when one dismisses counterexamples to a claim by saying they're not what the claim is truly about, without any other reason for making such a distinction.

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