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Question 121 (1 point)

Unsophisticated subjective relativism is the idea that…

Question 121 options:

Truth is relative to societies

Some objective truths are about our subjective states

Truth for a person depends on what that person believes

There is a way the world is

Fallacies

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 122 (1 point)

Destiny contends that College Tuition should be free for Associate's Degrees. Clearly, Destiny thinks that the government should completely take over all higher education. Moreover, she's clearly in favor of a repressive tax regime to fund all of this: pretty soon, all wealth will be taxed out of existence, and financial success will be criminalized. Destiny's position must be dismissed.

Question 122 options:

a)

Missing the point.

b)

Straw man.

c)

False dichotomy.

d)

No fallacy.

e)

Appeal to ignorance.

f)

Red Herring

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 123 (1 point)

Almost all Indian and Pakistani men must work at or manage gas stations in this country. I must interact with a dozen or so of them, but all the ones I know are at QuickTrip, Citgo, Circle K, or other Gas Stations. Plus there's Apu on the Simpsons.

Question 123 options:

a)

Hasty Generalization (Stereotyping).

b)

Division (Divisiveness).

c)

Composition (Ethnocentrism).

d)

Weak Analogy (Appeal to Popular Culture).

e)

False dichotomy (Racial Essentialism).

f)

Accident (Prejudice).

g)

Suppressed Evidence (Racial Animosity).

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 124 (1 point)

When will you stop acting like such a complete failure as a person, Renee?

Question 124 options:

a)

No fallacy.

b)

Complex question.

c)

Appeal to unqualified authority.

d)

Begging the question.

e)

Weak analogy.

f)

Leading question.

g)

Appeal to ignorance.

Answer 1

121. The correct answer is Option C. Truth for a person depends on what that person believes.

122. The correct answer is Option B. This is the straw man fallacy.

123. The correct answer is Option A. This is hasty generalization or stereotype.

124. The correct answer is Option B. This is a complex question.