WGU D265 TASK 1 THINKING CRITICALLY
PASSED ON FIRST ATTEMPT
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ Equivocation Fallacy
Answer: when a key word or phrase in an argument is used with
more than one meaning. It is an illegitimate switching of the
meaning of a term during the reasoning.
◉ Appeal to Ignorance
Answer: A fallacy that uses an opponent's inability to disprove a
conclusion as proof of the conclusion's correctness.
◉ slippery slope fallacy
Answer: a logical fallacy that assumes once an action begins it will
lead, undeterred, to an eventual and inevitable conclusion
◉ Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
Answer: Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or
finding a pattern to fit a presumption.
◉ post hoc ergo propter hoc
PASSED ON FIRST ATTEMPT
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ Equivocation Fallacy
Answer: when a key word or phrase in an argument is used with
more than one meaning. It is an illegitimate switching of the
meaning of a term during the reasoning.
◉ Appeal to Ignorance
Answer: A fallacy that uses an opponent's inability to disprove a
conclusion as proof of the conclusion's correctness.
◉ slippery slope fallacy
Answer: a logical fallacy that assumes once an action begins it will
lead, undeterred, to an eventual and inevitable conclusion
◉ Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
Answer: Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or
finding a pattern to fit a presumption.
◉ post hoc ergo propter hoc
