More Practice: fallacies 19-22 and collective whole vs. clas

Select the two fallacies which make assumptions that move in a whole-to-part direction.

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

Refers to all of the pieces that make up one single item, like an apple pie, a motorcycle, or the Nike company.

• collective whole

• class

Select the two fallacies which make assumptions that move in a part-to-whole direction.

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

If an argument is making an assumption about a class of things, which two fallacies could be happening?

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

Name the fallacy: "Luc Longley is just the ingredient that the Phoenix Suns need to win a championship; he's been playing center for all six championship seasons of the amazing Chicago Bulls!"

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

Name the fallacy: "Matt Damon is such a bad actor. I saw the Bourne Identity, and all he did was fight scenes and car chases."

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

A set or category of things that all share the same basic attributes, like all Republicans, all pies, all sports apparel companies.

• collective whole

• class

If an argument is making an assumption about a collective whole, which two fallacies could be happening?

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

Name the fallacy: "Veritas School is the finest school in the Chattanooga area! ALL of our teachers have won teaching awards, so I know this for a fact."

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.

Name the fallacy: "The roads in Pennsylvania are terrible. If you drive in Pennsylvania you can count on hitting a pothole every time you drive!"

• Composition

• Division

• Sweeping Gen.

• Hasty Gen.