Principles/Logical Fallacies Questions
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