Principles/Logical Fallacies Questions

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Go with the flow, jump on the band wagon

Ad populum

When you don't use logic but rather say, "You need to buy this car because all the cool people have one, " you have committed which logical fallacy?

Ad populum

When you tap into feelings rather than logic you have committed which logical fallacy?

Appeal to emotion

According to Christianity those who claimed to be eyewitnesses of the resurrection appeal to which of the following?

Appropriate Authority

Which fallacy does the following statement violate: "President Obama must be from Kenya because he never said he wasn't from Kenya".

Argument of Silence

Argument from silence is

Basing a claim upon what is not said

The evidence is basically a belief or an assumption

Begging the question

Loaded question which dooms the person no matter how he answers

Complex question

In the following example, which logical fallacy has been committed? Male: Whenever a society becomes effeminate it is only a matter of time before it fails. Female: So are you saying women should never be leaders of a country?

Equivocation

Which of the following principles/logical fallacies uses words imprecisely in order to prove or disprove a claim?

Equivocation

Equivocation is

Imprecise definition of words

Which of the following principles/logical fallacies claims that the speaker has no credibility or credentials in the area being discussed?

Inappropriate authority

The temperature in Corsicana during November reached 72 degrees. This proves that we are experiencing global warming.

Non Sequitur

The evidence doesn't support the conclusion

Non sequitur

Which of the following principles/logical fallacies claims that if you have two contradictory statements, at least one must be false logically?

Noncontradiction

Which of the following principles/logical fallacies creates an evil and false image of the person and then attacks that image instead of the real person?

Straw man

A red herring is

a distraction

When you ask the following question, " Which logical fallacy have you committed: Have you quit beating your wife?

complex question

Which logical principle do the two following statements violate: "Dr. Ford is in room 263. Dr. Ford is in room 264

non-contradiction


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