fallacies

Question 1

An argument based on an unqualified generalization.

Answer 1

• Dicto-Simpliciter

Question 2

“‘Everybody understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal and pro-abortion and progay marriage,’ he said. ‘And focus on money and the media.’”

Answer 2

• Dicto-Simpliciter

Question 3

Normally involves mistaking a small incidence for a larger trend. - Generalization that is reached too hastily with too few instances to support a certain conclusion.

Answer 3

• Hasty-Generalization

Question 4

On the first day of high school, Mark runs into a cheerleader who calls him a name and tells him to move out of her way. Mark decides all cheerleaders are snobs

Answer 4

• Hasty-Generalization

Question 5

o Shortened version of“post hoc ergo propter hoc”,which translates as“after this, therefore because of this”.

Answer 5

• Post-Hoc

Question 6

 Kevin’s dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something

Answer 6

• Post-Hoc

Question 7

o Involve an argument that draws a conclusion from inconsistent or incompatible premises.

Answer 7

• Contradictory Premises

Question 8

o There can be no argument when the premises contradict each other

Answer 8

• Contradictory Premises

Question 9

Appeal to someone’s sympathy or pity to avoid the question.

Answer 9

• AdMisericordiam

Question 10

I really deserve an “A” on this paper, professor. Not only did I study during my grandmother’s funeral, but I also passed up the heart transplant surgery, even though that was the first matching donor in 3 years.

Answer 10

• AdMisericordiam

Question 11

o Offering a poorly supported claim about what might have happened in the past or future, if (the hypothetical part) circumstances or conditions were different.

Answer 11

• Hypothesis Contrary to Fact

Question 12

o The fallacy also entails treating future hypothetical situations as if they are fact.

Answer 12

• Hypothesis Contrary to Fact

Question 13

o occurs when negative information that is irrelevant is presented ahead of time to discredit the argument.

Answer 13

• Poisoning the Well

Question 14

o To commit a preemptive ad hominem attack against an opponent

Answer 14

• Poisoning the Well

Question 15

when a comparison is made between two ideas or objects that seemingly have similar characteristics, but the comparison does not hold up. The characteristics of the two things actually differ in the area that is being compared

Answer 15

• False Analogy-