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Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument: “Some good actors are not powerful athletes, All professional wrestlers are powerful
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Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument: “Some good actors are not powerful athletes, All professional wrestlers are powerful athletes. Therefore all professional wrestlers are good actors.”

A.

Exclusive premises

B.

Existential fallacy

C.

Affirmative conclusion from negative premises

D.

Affirming the consequent

Correct option is C

The formal fallacy committed in the argument is "Affirmative conclusion from negative premises." This fallacy occurs when an argument draws an affirmative conclusion from premises that are either negative or contain a mix of affirmative and negative elements. In this case, the first premise is negative ("Some good actors are not powerful athletes"), and the conclusion is affirmative ("Therefore all professional wrestlers are good actors"), despite the second premise being affirmative. This mismatch in the nature of the premises and the conclusion leads to a logical fallacy.

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