EXERCISE A3–1 Logical fallacies

EXERCISE A3-1Logical fallacies

Explain what is illogical in the following brief arguments. It may be helpful to identify the logical fallacy or fallacies by name. Type your answers in the boxes below.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

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My roommate, who is an engineering major, is taking a course called Structures of Tall Buildings. All engineers have to know how to design tall buildings.

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Answer: hasty generalization
EXERCISE A3-1 Logical fallacies - Explain what is illogical in the following brief arguments. It may be helpful to identify the logical fallacy or fallacies by name. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - My roommate, who is an engineering major, is taking a course called Structures of Tall Buildings. All engineers have to know how to design tall buildings.

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If you’re old enough to vote, you’re old enough to drink. Therefore, the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen.

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Answer: false analogy
EXERCISE A3-1 Logical fallacies - Explain what is illogical in the following brief arguments. It may be helpful to identify the logical fallacy or fallacies by name. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - If you’re old enough to vote, you’re old enough to drink. Therefore, the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen.

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If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

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Answer: either . . . or fallacy
EXERCISE A3-1 Logical fallacies - Explain what is illogical in the following brief arguments. It may be helpful to identify the logical fallacy or fallacies by name. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

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American students could be outperforming students in schools around the globe if it weren’t for the outmoded, behind-the-times thinking of many statewide education departments.

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Answer: biased language
EXERCISE A3-1 Logical fallacies - Explain what is illogical in the following brief arguments. It may be helpful to identify the logical fallacy or fallacies by name. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - American students could be outperforming students in schools around the globe if it weren’t for the outmoded, behind-the-times thinking of many statewide education departments.

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Charging a fee for curbside trash pickup will encourage everyone to recycle more because no one in my town likes to spend extra money.

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Answer: faulty cause-and-effect reasoning
EXERCISE A3-1 Logical fallacies - Explain what is illogical in the following brief arguments. It may be helpful to identify the logical fallacy or fallacies by name. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Charging a fee for curbside trash pickup will encourage everyone to recycle more because no one in my town likes to spend extra money.