Chapter 05 Level 2 Quiz

Faulty Reasoning
. Rejecting a claim by criticizing the person who makes it rather than the claim itself is known as the fallacy of ________.

. Arguing that a claim must be true merely because a substantial number of people believe it is called the fallacy of ________.

. Arguing that a lack of evidence proves something is the fallacy of ________.

. The use of emotions as premises in an argument is called ________.

. The deliberate raising of an irrelevant issue during an argument is known as the fallacy of ________.

. The distorting, weakening, or oversimplifying of someone's position so it can be more easily attacked or refuted is the fallacy of ________.

. Arguing that what is true of the whole must be true of the parts, or that what is true of a group is true of individuals in the group is the fallacy of ________.

. The attempt to establish the conclusion of an argument by using that conclusion as a premise is known as ________.

. Asserting that there are only two alternatives to consider when there are actually more than two is the fallacy of ________.

. The drawing of a conclusion about a target group based on an inadequate sample size is the fallacy of ________.

. An argument in which the things being compared are not sufficiently similar in relevant waysis called ________.

. The attempt to persuade people to accept a conclusion by evoking their pity or compassion is known as ________.

. The fallacy of arguing that a claim is true or false solely because of its origin is called ________.

. The use of non-argumentative, emotive words and phrases to persuade or influence an audience is called ________.

. The fallacy of accepting or rejecting a claim solely on the basis of what groups of people generally do or how they behave is known as ________.

. The genetic fallacy is a fallacy involving ________.

. Whether people are hypocritical regarding their claims is directly related to the truth of those claims.

. If a claim is believed by many people, it should be considered true.

. If a scientific claim has not been refuted, it should be regarded as true.

. Appeals to the person are fallacious because they attempt to discredit a claim by appealing to something that's almost always irrelevant to it: a person's character, motives, or personal circumstances.

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This argument—"Ellen claims that X, but Ellen doesn't practice/live by/condone X herself, so X is false"—an example of tu quoque.

. "Only man is rational; No woman is a man; Therefore, no woman is rational." This argumentis an example of appeal to the person.

. The appeal to tradition is arguing that a claim must be true just because many people believe it.

. Arguing that a lack of evidence proves something is an appeal to burden of proof.

. The fallacy of distorting, weakening, or oversimplifying someone's position so it can be more easily attacked or refuted is called straw man.

. In critical thinking, the term "begging the question" refers to an event or person provoking a question about an issue.

. The fallacy of false dilemma is asserting that there are only two alternatives to consider when there are actually more than two.

. We are guilty of hasty generalization when we argue without good reasons that taking a particular step will inevitably lead to a further, undesirable step.

. Good arguments should never be combined with appeals to emotion.

. Rhetoric is the use of nonargumentative, emotive words and phrases to persuade or influence an audience.

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