PHI 103 WEEK 3 QUESTIONS  (Informal Logic) There are multiple versions. Ensure the below questions apply to yours. Use as quiz prep.

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 1.           Question :           After being told that she is being punished for lying, a child responds by telling her mother that she also lied. This response may involve which fallacy?

                                                 Ad homimen (tu quoque)

                                                 Ad verecundiam (ex libris)

                                                 Ad misericordiam (ex ante)

                                                 Ad baculum (antebellum)

 2.           Question :           A person who is shown his or her argument commits a fallacy should

                                                 run screaming from the room.

                                                 argue louder.

                                                 add another fallacy.

                                                 revise the argument.

 3.           Question :           "All dogs like bones; Sirius is a dog; therefore Sirius likes bones" may commit which fallacy?

                                                 No fallacy committed

                                                 Ad canem

                                                 Slippery slope fallacy

                                                 Begging the question

 4.           Question :           "I bought a pair of shoes from that store that immediately fell apart. Their shoes are no good" may commit which fallacy?

                                                 Appeal to ignorance

                                                 Hasty generalization

                                                 Ad pedibus

                                                 Begging the question

 5.           Question :           "If that wasn't illegal, then it wouldn't be against the law" may commit which fallacy?

                                                 Begging the question

                                                 Chinese room fallacy

                                                 Slippery slope fallacy

                                                 Appeal to pity

 6.           Question :           The following might be regarded as committing the fallacy of the loaded question.

                                                 Do you have any bananas?

                                                 Is adultery immoral?

                                                 Have you quit cheating on your wife?

                                                 Why don't you quit cheating on your wife?

 7.           Question :           A fallacy is an argument that

                                                 is a weak inductive argument.

                                                 makes a mistaken in deriving a conclusion.

                                                 has a false conclusion.

                                                 is a sound inductive argument.

 8.           Question :           “That coin, when flipped, will either come up heads or tails" may commit which fallacy?

                                                 Slippery slope fallacy

                                                 No fallacy committed

                                                 False dichotomy

                                                 Begging the question

 9.           Question :           "You should read this book. Everybody likes it so it must be good" may commit which fallacy?

                                                 Appeal to pity

                                                 Appeal to popularity

                                                 Appeal to parenthood

                                                 Argumentum ad librum

 10.         Question :           All arguments make fallacious __________________________.

                                                 indications

                                                 inferences

                                                 interferons

                                                 interferences