EXERCISE 6–1 Logical fallacies

EXERCISE 6–1 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 Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time.

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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 6–1 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 Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - 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 6–1 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 Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - 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 6–1 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 Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - 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 6–1 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 Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - 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 6–1 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 Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - 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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