PHI 103: INFORMAL LOGIC WEEK 5 QUIZ
, PHI103: Informal Logic
Week 5 Quiz
1. Question :
My father always only bought Ford cars. He said they were the
best cars ever. So I only buy Fords.
Student Answer: Begging the question
Ad hominem
Post hoc
Appeal to inadequate authority
No fallacy
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 7.1, “Fallacies of Support,”
Explanation: of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Question Question :
2. “If it is dinner time, I am going out to eat. It is dinner time, so I
am going out to eat.”
Student Non sequitur
Answer:
Ad hominem
False cause
Modus ponens
Affirming the consequent
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 4.5, “Some Famous Propositional
Explanation: Argument Forms,” of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Question Question :
3. An argument is cogent if and only if .
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, PHI103: Informal Logic
Week 5 Quiz
1. Question :
My father always only bought Ford cars. He said they were the
best cars ever. So I only buy Fords.
Student Answer: Begging the question
Ad hominem
Post hoc
Appeal to inadequate authority
No fallacy
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 7.1, “Fallacies of Support,”
Explanation: of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Question Question :
2. “If it is dinner time, I am going out to eat. It is dinner time, so I
am going out to eat.”
Student Non sequitur
Answer:
Ad hominem
False cause
Modus ponens
Affirming the consequent
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 4.5, “Some Famous Propositional
Explanation: Argument Forms,” of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Question Question :
3. An argument is cogent if and only if .
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