midterm review Flashcards
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Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident) is the fallacy occurs when there is a reasonable likelihood that the sample is not representative of the group. Such a likelihood may arise if the sample is either too small or not randomly selected.
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True
The truth value of any statement is either true or false.
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Determine whether the following arguments are inductive or deductive Write I if it is inductive and D if it is deductive.
The Broadway Theater marquee says that The Phantom of the Opera is playing nightly. Therefore, it must be that case that Phantom is playing there tonight.
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D
If I proposition is true, then E is _____?
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False
True
False
If I proposition is false, then A is _____?
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False
If A proposition is false, then E is _____?
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Doubtful
If I proposition is false, then A is _____?
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Doubtful
If A proposition is true, then … then E is ____?
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If E proposition is true, then O is _____?
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True
Doubtful
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True
If O proposition is false, then E is _____?
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False
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Doubtful
If A proposition is false, then O is _____?
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True
Doubtful
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True
A plant is not an animal.
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Computer literates are not numerous.
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Negative
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Negative
Some professional wrestlers are elderly persons who are incapable of doing an honest day’s work.
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Classify the categorical proposition:
ALL S is P.
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Classify the categorical proposition:
No organic compounds are metals.
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E
What is the fallacy being represented in this example?
This man his father killed.
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Division
Composition
Equivocation
Amphiboly
Amphiboly
What is the fallacy being represented in this example?
“Have you stopped beating your wife?”
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Complex Question
Begging the Question (Circular Argument)
False Dichotomy
Suppressed Evidence
Complex Question
What is the fallacy being represented in this example?
A lawyer who pleads for the acquittal of his client on the ground that the client’s mother has a heart problem and could have a heart attack upon hearing that her son was convicted.
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Appeal to People
Appeal to Force
Appeal to Pity
Missing the Point
Appeal to Pity
What is the fallacy being represented in this example?
I have known three people who are homeless and lazy. Therefore, I can say that, “All homeless people are lazy.”
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False Cause
Appeal to Inappropriate Authority
Slippery Slope
Hasty Generalization
Hasty Generalization
A fallacy is a type of argument that seems to be correct but contains a mistake in reasoning.
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The red herring fallacy is committed when the arguer diverts the attention of the reader or listener by changing the subject to a different but sometimes subtly related one. He or she then finishes by either drawing a conclusion about this different issue or by merely presuming that some conclusion has been established.
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Fallacy of Relevance is the most numerous and the most frequently encountered.
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True
If O proposition is true, then E is _____?
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Doubtful
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Doubtful