The conditional proposition is "If it is a chair then it is a piece of furniture." Existing condition is that it is a piece of furniture.The inference made is that it is a chair.This particular type of fallacy is called
A)affirming the antecedent.
B)affirming the consequent.
C)denying the antecedent.
D)denying the consequent.

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Affirming the consequent is the fallacy of assuming the truth of the consequent in a conditional statement and then using it to deduce the truth of the antecedent. In this case, the inference made is that it is a chair based on the fact that it is a piece of furniture, which is affirming the consequent.

The Conditional Proposition Is "If It Is a Chair Then