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Question 141 (1 point)

President Trump says that man-made climate change is a hoax. We should believe him: he is the President, after all.   

Question 141 options:

a)

Appeal to (Unqualified) Authority

b)

Argument against the person, abusive.

c)

You, too (tu quoque).

d)

Red herring.

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

Question 142 (1 point)

It’s good for your health to eat less than or equal to 100 grams of carbs per day: it rejuvenates your body to do so. And we know it rejuvenates your body because people who eat fewer carbs live longer than those who don’t. And 100 grams of carbs per day is relatively few carbs, which we know because eating that amount (or fewer) carbs per day is best when it comes to your health.

Question 142 options:

a)

Composition.

b)

False cause.

c)

Red Herring

d)

Complex Question

e)

Suppressed Evidence

f)

Composition.

g)

No fallacy.

h)

Begging the question (arguing in a circle).

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

Question 143 (1 point)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organization as a whole is completely corrupt and backwards. Everyone who works there must be corrupt and backwards too.

Question 143 options:

a)

Division.

b)

Weak Analogy.

c)

Suppressed Evidence.

d)

Accident.

e)

Hasty Generalization.

f)

Composition.

g)

False dichotomy.

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

Question 144 (1 point)

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Question 144 options:

a)

Appeal to the people: appeal to snobbery.

b)

Begging the question.

c)

Missing the point.

d)

Appeal to the people: appeal to vanity.

e)

Argument against the person.

f)

False Cause.

g)

Bandwagon Argument.

Answer 1

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141

Correct answer and explanation: option a. Appeal to (Unqualified) Authority. President is an authoritative figure so people appeal and accept his claims. Further, the president is not an expert/specialist in the area of climate.

Wrong answer and explanation: Option b explains attacking the person directly rather than the argument. Option c addresses criticism against criticisms. Option d explains diverting the issue just by focusing on the surface level of the argument.