devry ethc 445 week 3quiz

Inferring a claim based on data is deductive logic, but what happens when the inference circumvents logical reasoning?

No one will understand you.

A fallacy has been committed.

One has proven to be a good logician.

One ought to use inductive reasoning.

The syllogism is sound.

Question 2. Question :

A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him:

"Buddy! You gotta buy this car. Please! If you don't buy it, my boss will fire me!"

This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.

the ad hominem argument

the hasty generalization fallacy

the straw man fallacy

emotional appeal to popularity

special pleading

Question 3. Question :

Are you for or against the war on terrorism?

What fallacy is operating here?

Appeal to fear

Straw man

Circumlocution

Appeal to false authority

False dilemma

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Question 4. Question :

All those old people are cheap.

They never give me a fair tip when I park their cars in the valet parking lot.

What kind of fallacy is operating here?

Straw man

Appeal to fear

Hasty generalization

Questionable statistics

Slippery slope

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Question 5. Question :

If children cannot be executed for their crimes, why should we execute people with learning disabilities who have the mental capacity of children?

What kind of fallacy is operating here?

Straw man

False analogy

Appeal to fear

Circumlocution

Special pleading