PHI 103 Week 5 Quiz

PHI 103 Week 5 Quiz Question 1 Spouse: “I know that you get angry a lot. I’m sure that pretty soon you will hit me or something. And what are we gonna do when we have kids? You will probably beat them until they run out of the house and I will be left childless and abused! Correct! Slippery Slope Begging the Question Red Herring No Fallacy Question 2 “If he were happy, he would be smiling. He is not smiling, so he is not happy.” Correct! Modus Tollens Modus Ponens Post Hoc Syllogistic Logic Affirming the Consequent Question 3 In argumentation, criticism is __________. a negative thing that tears people down an evaluation of elements outside of the argument a way to make oneself look smarter than another an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the argument Question 4 The support in an argumentative essay __________. does not include theories is the main item for which one is arguing in a paper is the problem that one is examining is the reason for accepting one’s premises Question 5 The thesis in an argumentative essay __________. is composed of premises should be general so that one can write enough on the topic is the claim that is being defended is not as important as the problem Question 6 All doctors are people who are committed to enhancing the health of their patients. No people who purposely harm others can consider themselves to be doctors. It follows that some people who harm others do not enhance the health of their patients. Which of the following is the conclusion of this argument? All doctors are people who are committed to enhancing the health of their patients.Correct! Some people who harm others do not enhance the health of their patients. No people who purposely harm others can consider themselves to be doctors. None of the above Question 7 An argument is unsound if and only if _____________. It has weak reasoning. It has a false premise. It either has a false premise or it is invalid. It begs the question. Question 8 Sloan: “Dude you play way too many videogames.” John: “Whatever bro! When Eternal Death Slayer III came out you were waiting in line outside the store for four hours to be the first to get it. I am not going to listen to your reasoning.” Correct! Ad hominem Appeal to Fear False Dilemma False Cause No Fallacy Question 9 “Up to 80% of doctors endorse this project” uses which rhetorical device? Euphemism Weasel Words Proof Surrogate Innuendo Hyperbole Question 10 An argument is deductive __________. if it moves from the general to the particular if it moves from the particular to the general if it presents itself in relation to a hypothesis if it presents itself as being valid none of these e. No Fallacy Question 11 “If I drive drunk I’ll crash. I crashed, so I must be drunk.” Non sequitur Ad Hominem Post Hoc Affirming the consequent No Fallacy Question 12 Which of the following is an effective way to critique a deductive argument? Correct! Use the same form and create an example that has true premises and a false conclusion. Use a different form and create a counterexample. Demonstrate that the deductive argument is weak. Critique the strength of an inductive argument. Question 13 My father always only bought Ford cars. He said they were the best cars ever. So I only buy Fords. Begging the Question Ad Hominem Post Hoc Appeal to inadequate authority No Fallacy Question 14 In propositional logic, the variables P and Q stand for: the words “True” and “False” categories of things, like mammals and cats sentences (claims) logical connectives Question 15 After I had been in a coma for ten days after my accident, the swelling in my brain went down right after the priest put holy water on my forehead. The water healed me. Begging the Question Appeal to Inadequate Authority False Dilemma False Cause No Fallacy Question 16 A sound argument is __________. a valid argument in which it is impossible to have true premises and a false conclusion a valid argument with true premises and a false conclusion an argument in which it is possible to have true premises and a true conclusion a valid argument with true premises all of these Question 17 “You are only opposed to welfare reform because you are rich.” Appeal to emotion Ad hominem Slippery Slope Equivocation No fallacy Question 18 In the field of logic, inductive arguments __________. are those that prove their conclusions necessarily are those that support their conclusions only to some degree of probability are those that move from general principles to particular instances are those that move from particular instances to general principles Question 19 The statement “Either the maid did it or the butler did” is a __________. conjunction disjunction conditional none of these Question 20 You know Communism was going to fail! After all, Karl Marx was an alcoholic! Slippery Slope Ad Hominem False Cause False Dichotomy No Fallacy