Question

QUESTION 1 Match the sentence to the fallacy it commits. 2. * Why should I listen to anything Joe Biden says? The man is a total loser and moron! 1. planning fallacy If we put any restrictions on automatic weapons, next thing you know, all guns will be illegal! 2. ad hominem The police should be able to search people's cars without a 3. narrative warrant. After all, most of the public thinks this is a good 4. appeal to popularity idea. "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." 5. slippery slope 6. begging the question Pro-life activists want to bring us back to the 1950s 7. red herring when women were barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. 8. glittering generality A book is pornographic if it contains pornography. 9. false dilemma Would my healthcare plan raise taxes on the middle 10. straw man class? A better question is: why is my opponent in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry? - - -

Answer 1

Question 1

Statement 1 - Ad Hominem.

Reason: Clearly a person is being attacked instead of addressing the actual cause in the best possible way

Statement 2 - Slippery Slope

Reason: The fact that automatic weapons should be restricted need not always lead to a new situation where the normal guns too shall face restriction

Statement 3 – appeal to popularity

Reason: Most people think it is okay if police want to search car but in actual it is not something that is possible without a warrant. The generalization shall lead to future problems

Statement 4 – Red herring

Reason: The actual problem, instead of being addressed to find the solution, a diversion is made.

Statement 5 – Straw man fallacy

Reason: The pro life activists want to insist on the importance of life conceived but they are attacked that they are trying to drag women into a dark age like 1950.

Statement 6 – Begging the question

Reason: Claim is made and accepted as true. The premise must be true for the claim to be true. Here book has explicit content so it is an explicit book material.

Statement 7 – Narrative fallacy

Reason: No logical explanation is provided to the first sentence. The same is forcing a link to the next sentence, a logical link.

Question 2

1. Ad hominem – E. Is character, background or motive relevant to the argument?

Reason: Personal attack on a person citing about his character, background etc., falls under this fallacy.

2. Slippery slope – C. What is the likelihood of the proposed sequence of events actually occurring?

Reason: one action need not always lead to another.

3. Irrelevant appeal to popularity – F. Is public opinion a relevant consideration to this argument?

Reason: If most of the public thinks it is fine/good, etc. the same becomes a right thing even if is a mistake.

4. Irrelevant appeal to authority – A. Is the claim being made within the person’s field of expertise and consistent with what other experts say?

Reason: The claim is purely depending on another person who here serves as the authority and there is another authority they are experts.

5. Straw person – Is the opposing position or opinion in question being fairly represented?

Reason: Questions would be asked and there would be no direct connection between each other but there shall be a logical connection that projects a relation.

6. Red herring – B. Is the argument actually addressing the relevant issue or topic?

Reason: There would a problem and instead of finding a solution or talking about it, a diversion is made and the problem either forgotten or managed.