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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise A3-2
Evaluating arguments
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Identify the logical fallacy in each of the following passages.
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14.1
Correct. Washing one car (cause) has no effect on droughts and rain.
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Sorry. The error is faulty cause-and-effect reasoning.
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14.2
Correct. This is faulty either . . . or reasoning. There are plenty of jobs that don’t rely on website design skills.
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Sorry. This is faulty either . . . or reasoning. There are plenty of jobs that don’t rely on website design skills.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.3
Correct. This is a hasty generalization. The characteristics of three professors are not enough to form a conclusion about all professors.
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Sorry. This statement is a hasty generalization. The characteristics of three professors are not enough to form a conclusion about all professors.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.4
Correct. This statement attacks the writer’s credentials based on something unrelated to his writing ability.
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Sorry. This statement is an ad hominem fallacy. It attacks the writer’s credentials based on something unrelated to his writing ability.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.5
Correct. This statement is full of biased language.
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Sorry. While part of this statement is a generalization about clients, it is full of biased language.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.6
Correct. The salaries of athletes (cause) have nothing to do with the injuries to young people (effect).
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Sorry. This is faulty cause-and-effect reasoning. The salaries of athletes (cause) have nothing to do with the injuries to young people (effect).
For more help, see section A3.
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14.7
Correct. The conclusion (the trustees not passing a tuition increase) does not follow from the fact that students don’t want the increase. Other factors would certainly be involved.
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Sorry. This statement is a non sequitur. The conclusion (the trustees not passing a tuition increase) does not follow from the fact that students don’t want the increase. Other factors would certainly be involved.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.8
Correct. This statement sets up a comparison between two things that are not necessarily alike—running a business and running a family.
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Sorry. This statement is a false analogy. It sets up a comparison between two things that are not necessarily alike—running a business and running a family.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.9
Correct. This is a hasty generalization. The actions of the writer’s friends are not enough to form a conclusion about all litter.
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Sorry. This statement is a hasty generalization. The actions of the writer’s friends are not enough to form a conclusion about all litter.
For more help, see section A3.
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14.10
Correct. The conclusion (that campaign research is useless) does not follow from the fact that most people don’t vote.
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Sorry. The conclusion (that campaign research is useless) does not follow from the fact that most people don’t vote.
For more help, see section A3.
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