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    True-False Questions 1. T F Study of the methods of persuasion began with communication researchers early in the twentieth century. 2. T F What many teachers refer to as source credibility was called ethos by Aristotle. 3. T F Competence and character are the most important factors affecting a speaker’s credibility. 4. T F Education and status are the most important factors affecting a speaker’s credibility. 5. T F The more favorably listeners view a speaker’s competence and character

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    Current Location PHI210169TX080-1134-001 Critical Thinking Course-to-Course Navigation Week 6 Take Test: Quiz 2 Hide Course Menu Skip to Course Content Skip to Top Frame Tabs Menu Management Options Refresh Display Course Menu in a Window List View PHI210169TX080-1134-001 (Critical Thinking) Course Entry Page Course Home Student Center Announcements Email Gradebook Class Introductions Week 1 Week 2 Week

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    LORENZO BROWN EN1420 exercise 3.1 Identify the Logical Fallacies 1. Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s. A. Ad Hominem; This is under Ad Hominem because the arguer is supporting her claim by pulling information from the her personal life instead of using the knowledge they know about the subject being a leader. 2. A child can be either an athlete or a good student. a. Either-or; this is under the Either-or category because the argument comes

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    concludes that the uniform policy should be discarded but it is based on the assumption that just because his/her brother’s uniform cost more than regular clothing then every uniform must cost more than regular clothing. She/he commits the logical fallacy of false analogy. My school uniform only cost me around twenty dollars when a t-shirt from a store like forever21 cost me thirty-four dollar. She then claims that if every student was required to pay as much as her/his brother then many students would

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    1. Question : A fallacy is an argument that CORRECT makes a mistake in deriving a conclusion. has a false conclusion. is a sound inductive argument. 2. Question : After being told that she is being punished for lying‚ a child responds by telling her mother that she also lied. This response may involve which fallacy? Student Answer: CORRECT Ad hominem (tu quoque) Ad verecundiam (ex libris) INCORRECT Ad misericordiam (ex ante)

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    could smell like him if they use Old Spice body wash. A series of unlikely events quickly unfold and then the man says‚ “Anything is possible when your man smells like old spice and not a lady.” This commercial falls into the is/ought category of fallacies. This commercial places value on the product‚ Old Spice body wash‚ that it has some sort of ability to be able to these promise things. The final statement in the commercial insinuates that because your man uses old spice that anything is possible

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    Why should one study philosophy? One should study philosophy for many reasons; to learn how to be logical ‚ to ask "why?"‚ to spark conversation‚ to remain objective‚ to be open minded‚ etc. When you’re after universal knowledge you get there by actively searching for it. What are the branches of philosophy and what do they cover? The main branches of philosophy are Metaphysics‚ Epistemology‚ and Axiology. Metaphysics deals with explaining the way things are in the physical world. Epistemology

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    logical fallacy- logic of your topic deductive-general to specific inductive- specific to general syllogism- structure for reasoning fallacies- error in reasoning adhominem fallacy- statement that attempts to counter an arguement slippery slope fallacy- statement that attacks an arguement by taking it to such un extreme taht if appears ludicrous either/or fallacy- two alternatives and falsely suggest that one is rejected‚ the other must be accepted false cause fallacy-asserting that if an event

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    with is why there is common ground. The excerpt has several logical fallacies which is some type of counter statement that weakens an argument (Writer’s np). There are dozens of articles that are published in newspapers‚ advertisements‚ and other sources that have these logical fallacies. It is not easy to know if an argument is fallacious. The argument might be very weak to very strong. The writer makes the first logical fallacy called red herring. A red herring is when during the argument‚ the

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    Exercise 5.10 1. Hasty Generalization- The given sample is not enough to conclude that the senator will lose the election. 2. Sequitur Fallacy- The car might have a noisy engine‚ but it is not enough evidence it creates a lot of pollution. 3. Ad Hominem Fallacy- He’s being late for class has nothing to do with how he gives grade. 4. Logical 5. Equivocation Fallacy- It has two meanings and its confusing. 6. Hasty Generalization- It is wrong to conclude all government workers are lazy depending on

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