Fallacies

Question 1

Whàt is fallacy?

Answer 1

Fallacy is an error in reasoning.

Question 2

What are the classification of fallacies?

Answer 2

Logical/formal fallacies

Material/informal fallacies.

Question 3

What are logical fallacies?

Answer 3

Logical fallacies are fallacies that occur in the language or form of the statement or proposition.

They are formed due to disordered propositional architecture.

Question 4

What are the examples of logical fallacies?

Answer 4

Fallacy of equivocation.
Fallacy of amphiboly
Fallacy of composition
Fallacy of division

Question 5

What is fallacy of equivocation?

Answer 5

Fallacy of equivocation occurs when from the double meaning of word…

Question 6

What is fallacy of amphiboly?

Answer 6

His involve the use of sentence which can be interpreted in different or multiple ways die to the defect in Grammer, sentence structure or punctuation.

Question 7

What do you understand by fallacy of composition?

Answer 7

This kind of fallacy consist of taking jointly what should be taken separately

Question 8

What do you understand by fallacy of division?

Answer 8

This kind of fallacy consist of taking separately what should be taken jointly

Question 9

What are material/informal fallacies?

Answer 9

These are fallacies that occur in the subject of the matter of an argument.

Question 10

what are the Examples of Informal fallacies?

Answer 10

Fallacies of Revelance
Fallacies of presumption
Fallacies of defective induction

Question 11

What do you understand by fallacies of Revelance?

Answer 11

This is saying that the premise are not relevant to the conclusion..
They fail to provide adequate reason for believing the truth of their conclusion.

Question 12

What are the kinds of fallacy of Revelance?

Answer 12

Appeal to populace
Appeal to pity
Appeal to force
Appeal to emotion
The attack on the person
Red herring
The straw man
The missing point.

Question 13

What do you understand by appeal to populace?

Answer 13

This is kind of fallacy that tries to use everybody/ the majority opinion to justify a particular statement of judgement

Question 14

What do you understand by appeal to pity?

Answer 14

This is kind of fallacy that tries to win acceptance by pointing out the unfortunate consequences that will arise if a particular decision made.

Question 15

What do you understand by appeal to emotion?

Answer 15

This involves the manipulation of the receipent’s emotion in order to win an argument with no strong reason.

Question 16

What do you understand by appeal to force?

Answer 16

This is the kind of fallacy that use some kind of coercion or threats to sway the audience to one’s view without backing up the expressed view with reason

Question 17

What do you understand by attack on the person?

Answer 17

This involves attacking the person instead of evaluating their ideas.

Question 18

Red herring? Explain.

Answer 18

This is a kind of fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is introduced Into an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from the original issue.

Question 19

What do you understand by by straw man?

Answer 19

This involves substituting a person actual position or argument with a distorted, exaggerated or misinterpreted version of the position of the argument

Question 20

Fallacy of missing the point? Explain.

Answer 20

Presenting an argument in which the conclusion does not address the issue in question

Question 21

What is Fallacy of defective induction?

Answer 21

This fallacy means that the premises of the argument are relevant but are very weak and ineffective such that the conclusion cannot rely on them.

Question 22

Examples of Fallacy of defective induction?

Answer 22

The appeal to false authority.
Argument from ignorance
Hasty generalization.

Question 23

What is fallacy of presumption?

Answer 23

This occur when too much is assumed in the premises.

Question 24

Examples of fallacy of presumption?

Answer 24

Fallacy of accident
Fallacy of complex question
Fallacy of begging the question