Logical Fallacies – Definitions Exam
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What is a Logical Fallacy? - ✔✔A standard form of flawed reasoning that seduces and
persuades the unaware with claims that attempt to support an argument, but are not
logically sound, which leads to faulty conclusions.
What are Fallacies of Relevance? - ✔✔Fallacies that rely on premises irrelevant to the
truth of the conclusion.
What is a Non-Sequiter? - ✔✔Focuses on a conclusion does not follow from the
premises; the conclusion could be either true or false, but the argument is fallacious
because there is a disconnection between the premise and the conclusion; all invalid
arguments are special cases of non sequitur.
What is an Ad Hominem? - ✔✔Focuses not on the evidence for a view, but on a
negative character trait of person advancing it; seeks to discredit positions by
discrediting those who hold them.
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, What is Guilt by Association? - ✔✔Focuses on arguing that some group of people is
absolutely and categorically bad and sharing even a single attribute with said group
would make one a member of it, which then bestows all the associated evils.
What is an Ad Populum? - ✔✔Uses the fact that a sizable number of people, perhaps
even a majority, believe in something as evidence that it must therefore be true; relies
on bandwagon [Everyone is doing it.], patriotic [It is the American way.], and snob
[Only the best are doing it.] approaches.
What is a Fallacist's Fallacy? - ✔✔Focuses on rejecting an idea as false simply because
the argument offered to provide justification for an accurate conclusion is faulty.
What is a Fallacy of Composition? - ✔✔Focuses on the fact that every part of a whole
has a given property, and then inferring that the whole composition also has that
property.
What is a Fallacy of Division? - ✔✔Focuses on inferences derived from fact that a whole
has a property, to reach the conclusion that a part of the whole also has that property.
What is a Gambler's Fallacy? - ✔✔Focuses on assuming that short-term deviations from
probability will be corrected in the short-term; however, past results don't bear on what
will happen next.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is a Logical Fallacy? - ✔✔A standard form of flawed reasoning that seduces and
persuades the unaware with claims that attempt to support an argument, but are not
logically sound, which leads to faulty conclusions.
What are Fallacies of Relevance? - ✔✔Fallacies that rely on premises irrelevant to the
truth of the conclusion.
What is a Non-Sequiter? - ✔✔Focuses on a conclusion does not follow from the
premises; the conclusion could be either true or false, but the argument is fallacious
because there is a disconnection between the premise and the conclusion; all invalid
arguments are special cases of non sequitur.
What is an Ad Hominem? - ✔✔Focuses not on the evidence for a view, but on a
negative character trait of person advancing it; seeks to discredit positions by
discrediting those who hold them.
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, What is Guilt by Association? - ✔✔Focuses on arguing that some group of people is
absolutely and categorically bad and sharing even a single attribute with said group
would make one a member of it, which then bestows all the associated evils.
What is an Ad Populum? - ✔✔Uses the fact that a sizable number of people, perhaps
even a majority, believe in something as evidence that it must therefore be true; relies
on bandwagon [Everyone is doing it.], patriotic [It is the American way.], and snob
[Only the best are doing it.] approaches.
What is a Fallacist's Fallacy? - ✔✔Focuses on rejecting an idea as false simply because
the argument offered to provide justification for an accurate conclusion is faulty.
What is a Fallacy of Composition? - ✔✔Focuses on the fact that every part of a whole
has a given property, and then inferring that the whole composition also has that
property.
What is a Fallacy of Division? - ✔✔Focuses on inferences derived from fact that a whole
has a property, to reach the conclusion that a part of the whole also has that property.
What is a Gambler's Fallacy? - ✔✔Focuses on assuming that short-term deviations from
probability will be corrected in the short-term; however, past results don't bear on what
will happen next.
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