Apologetics Week 11 Study Guide Exam
Match each fallacy on the left with the right definition on the right.
False dilemma
Overgeneralizing
Non sequitur.
Appeal to the popular
Circular argument - ANSWER Reducing the options you consider to just two.
Generalizing from too few examples.
Drawing a conclusion that does not logically follow the premises.
Appealing to the emotions of a crowd; also, appealing to a person to go along with the
crowd.
Implicitly using your conclusion as a premise.
Match each fallacy on the left with the correct definition on the right.
Red herring
Fallacy of division
Straw man
Fallacy of equivocation
Cause and effect - ANSWER Introducing an irrelevant or secondary subject and thereby
diverting attention from the main subject.
Assuming that what is true of the part is true of the whole.
Making a very weak argument so that no one will agree with its conclusion.
Using the same term in an argument in different places, although the word has different
meanings.
Match each fallacy on the left with the right definition on the right.
False dilemma
Overgeneralizing
Non sequitur.
Appeal to the popular
Circular argument - ANSWER Reducing the options you consider to just two.
Generalizing from too few examples.
Drawing a conclusion that does not logically follow the premises.
Appealing to the emotions of a crowd; also, appealing to a person to go along with the
crowd.
Implicitly using your conclusion as a premise.
Match each fallacy on the left with the correct definition on the right.
Red herring
Fallacy of division
Straw man
Fallacy of equivocation
Cause and effect - ANSWER Introducing an irrelevant or secondary subject and thereby
diverting attention from the main subject.
Assuming that what is true of the part is true of the whole.
Making a very weak argument so that no one will agree with its conclusion.
Using the same term in an argument in different places, although the word has different
meanings.
