1.Logical Fallacies
2.Attacking the Person
3.Bandwagon
4.FalseDilemma
5.Hasty Generalization
6.False Analogy
7.Irrelevant Conclusion
8.ComplexCause
9.Post Hoc
10.WrongDirection
1. These are errors in reasoning that invalidate an argument.
2. It occurs when the direction between cause and effect is reversed.
3. It occurs when an arguer presents his/her argument as one of only two options
despite the presence of multiple possibilities.
4. We must support the clean and green program of the government. Mountaineers
have suffered climbing on the mountains.
5. I cannot accept your argument because unlike me, you were not educated at Harvard
University,
6. We were not able to solve the problem because of limited time even if all the other
groups were able to do so.
7. It occurs when an argument is considered to be valid because it is what the majority
thinks.
8. It occurs when a writer assumes that two concepts that are similar in some ways ar
also similar in other ways.
9. Juan saw a black cat when they went home. Along the way, they crashed into a tree.
The black cat must be the reason why they met an accident.
10.it occurs when a sample is not significant or enough to support a generation about a population
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. These are errors in reasoning that invalidate an argument. - True
2. It occurs when the direction between cause and effect is reversed. - Post Hoc
3. It occurs when an arguer presents his/her argument as one of only two options despite the presence of multiple possibilities. - False Dilemma
4. We must support the clean and green program of the government. Mountaineers have suffered climbing on the mountains. - Irrelevant Conclusion
5. I cannot accept your argument because unlike me, you were not educated at Harvard University. - Attacking the Person
6. We were not able to solve the problem because of limited time even if all the other groups were able to do so. - Hasty Generalization
7. It occurs when an argument is considered to be valid because it is what the majority thinks. - Bandwagon
8. It occurs when a writer assumes that two concepts that are similar in some ways are also similar in other ways. - False Analogy
9. Juan saw a black cat when they went home. Along the way, they crashed into a tree. The black cat must be the reason why they met an accident. - Wrong Direction
10. It occurs when a sample is not significant or enough to support a generation about a population - Hasty Generalization