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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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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prescription drugs‚ or the pharmaceutical companies will continue to reap huge profits. Therefore‚ price controls must be imposed‚ because we cannot tolerate these huge profits any longer. Answer Selected Answer: Either/Or fallacy Correct Answer: Either/Or fallacy Question 7 5 out of 5 points All persons act in order that they might get pleasure.Even so-called altruistic persons who help others so much that they do almost nothing for themselves get pleasure out of giving.Otherwise‚
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CONTRADICTION AND EXPLANATION (1ST DEBATER) I. Possible positive topic of the first positive side: EDUCATION & DEMOCRACY Yes‚ education can be a positive or a good influence to us by the Americans in many ways. Especially most of the children are now studying in Public Schools because it’s free and the school can also provide other needs or tools of the student for learning like books but‚ even though they were the one to teach us the art of the English Language and literature‚ there are
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Fallacies are all around us. Daily‚ when we watch TV‚ listen to the radio‚ or even read newspaper‚ we see or hear fallacies. But what is fallacy? According to Wikipedia “A fallacy is an argument that uses poor reasoning. An argument can be fallacious whether or not its conclusion is true”. Fallacies are part of everyday and become a basic in certain aspects of life. According to the writing center of UNC‚ there are a lot of fallacies. Here is some of fallacies look likes: Hasty generalization
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jobs in private business violates an employee’s right to privacy. Question of fact 5. the use of genetic profile’s in screening employees for private business should be banned by law. Question of policy Identify the fallacy in each of the following statements. ( 10 poin) Fallacies: -Hasty generaliztion -jumping to conclusions onthe basis of too little evidence -False cause - assuming that event A caused event B simply because it occurred before event B -Invalid Analogy - the cases being compared
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1. Question : Inferring a claim based on data is deductive logic‚ but what happens when the inference circumvents logical reasoning? Student Answer: No one will understand you. A fallacy has been committed. One has proven to be a good logician. One ought to use inductive reasoning. The syllogism is sound. Instructor Explanation: Tutorial Points Received: 4 of 4 Comments: Question 2. Question : A car salesman says this‚
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does not mean their marriage should be illegal. The government cannot prevent people of the same sex from falling in love. Same sex marriage should be legalized universally in the United States. Gay marriage could potentially lead down a "slippery slope” ending with giving people in polygamous‚ incestuous‚ bestial‚ and other nontraditional relationships the right to marry (2). There is no such thing as traditional marriage. Given the prevalence of modern and ancient examples of family arrangements
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PETA explains that animal testing wastes lives‚ both human and animal. They also focus on the viewpoints of both sides of animal testing throughout the piece. While each viewpoint has some accuracy within the article a persuasive technique for the reader is not clear. Analysis Response: PETA‚ or people for the ethical treatment of animals‚ begins their argument with many facts from studies proving that they have credible information. Unfortunately‚ the information they present throughout the
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help identify you there are just some things that you need to find out yourself. If our leaders do everything for us we would not be able to do anything on our own without some help. You did also have a couple of fallacies in your article which are‚ hasty generalization and slippery slope. Hasty generalization was used because you assumed that only successful people will only have children. As you stated “ Additionally‚ successful people will be be more likely to attract a sexual partner and reproduce
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