Question

Identify the Fallacy

1. ever since I started taking those multivitamins, my grades have gotten much better.
2. We either go out to eat and spend all our money, or we stay at home and cook and watch our savings grow.
3. The cost of speeding tickets are going up, as well as the price of car insurance; soon public transportation will be mandatory.
4. This streak of freezing weather is caused by the non-stop low temperature.
5. My friend’s son is doing jail time for his third burglary, you just can’t trust the youth these days.
6. I don’t think that what you are saying with regard to changing the tax laws is very valid, after all, we don’t have kings and queens anymore.
7. Are we going to keep allowing people to abuse the welfare system and its benefits?
8. I don’t think the graduate student’s argument is very compelling, especially given that she is arguing against what a professional economist has claimed.
9. If you don’t work out every day and get in shape, and get some nicer clothes, …you’re never going to find romance.
10. How can you possibly send this man back to prison, his mother is seriously ill.

Answer 1

1. Ever since I started taking those multivitamins, my grades have gotten much better - False cause. The argument is attributing the better grades to the consumption of multivitamins, which is highly unlikely to the case.

2. We either go out to eat and spend all our money, or we stay at home and cook and watch our savings grow - False dilemma. The argument presents a scenario of only two available alternatives.

3. The cost of speeding tickets are going up, as well as the price of car insurance; soon public transportation will be mandatory - Slippery slope. The argument starts with a somewhat benign observation and makes a disproportionate conclusion.

4. This streak of freezing weather is caused by the non-stop low temperature - Begging the question. This argument is employing circular logic.

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