midterm practice exam questions and
answers
the type of fallacy that is to the person - CORRECT - ANSWERS ad hominem
rush limbaugh's referring to barack obama as obama ossama is an example of - CORRECT - ANSWERS
ad hominem
it is rational to judge people's actions by the company they keep - CORRECT - ANSWERS sometimes
the fallacy of common practice is committed when - CORRECT - ANSWERS a wrong is justified by
appeal to the fact that lots of others do it
in common use equivocation has connotations of - CORRECT - ANSWERS deception
accepting the word of an authority when we shouldn't is the fallacy of - CORRECT - ANSWERS appeal
to authority
when a celebrity endorses a product, this proves - CORRECT - ANSWERS nothing about the product
when authorities disagree we should - CORRECT - ANSWERS become our own experts, and come to
our own conclusions
the fallacy of inconsistency is often committed by - CORRECT - ANSWERS politicians
when a company ignores its own policies for expediency it is guilty of - CORRECT - ANSWERS
organizational inconsistency
answers
the type of fallacy that is to the person - CORRECT - ANSWERS ad hominem
rush limbaugh's referring to barack obama as obama ossama is an example of - CORRECT - ANSWERS
ad hominem
it is rational to judge people's actions by the company they keep - CORRECT - ANSWERS sometimes
the fallacy of common practice is committed when - CORRECT - ANSWERS a wrong is justified by
appeal to the fact that lots of others do it
in common use equivocation has connotations of - CORRECT - ANSWERS deception
accepting the word of an authority when we shouldn't is the fallacy of - CORRECT - ANSWERS appeal
to authority
when a celebrity endorses a product, this proves - CORRECT - ANSWERS nothing about the product
when authorities disagree we should - CORRECT - ANSWERS become our own experts, and come to
our own conclusions
the fallacy of inconsistency is often committed by - CORRECT - ANSWERS politicians
when a company ignores its own policies for expediency it is guilty of - CORRECT - ANSWERS
organizational inconsistency
