HUMSS 2 (Philosophy Assessment 2)

It is a fallacy which suggests that unlikely or ridiculous outcomes are likely to happen when there’s just not enough evidence to think so.

• Strawman

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Equivocation

Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate. What fallacy is being defined in this statement?

• Equivocation

• Strawman

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

The fallacy of attempting to induce acceptance of an unexamined or unproved conclusion by arousing the feelings, prejudices, or interests of political party, mob, or any large group of people.

• Ad Hominem Fallacy

• Ad Misericordiam Fallacy

• Ad Populum Fallacy

• Ad Baculum Fallacy

This fallacy is appeal to emotion. It is an argument used by people who want to win people over by manipulating their emotions. This is a favorite tactic of politicians during campaign period.

• Ad Hominem Fallacy

• Equivocation

• Ad Baculum or Appeal to Force Fallacy

• Ad Misericordiam or Appeal to Pity Fallacy

This is a fallacy of relevance where someone rejects or criticizes another person’s view on the basis of personal characteristics, background, physical appearance, or other features irrelevant to the argument at issue.

• Ad Hominem Fallacy

• Ad Misericordiam or Appeal to Pity

• Appeal to People or Bandwagon

• Ad Baculum of Appeal to Force

What method of philosophizing that is an act of talking back and forth, disagreeing with one another, and arguing about contentious issues?

• Socratic Method

• Dialectic Method

• Scientific Method

• Historical Method

It is something that has actual and proven existence scientifically and spiritually regardless of one's opinion and beliefs. It is undisputed, objective, universal, constant, exact, and factual.

• Truth

• Fact

• Opinion

• Knowledge

It is an expression of one's feelings based on facts, emotions, beliefs, or views. It is not based on evidence.

• Truth

• Knowledge

• Opinion

• Fact

What do you call a group of statements that serve to support a conclusion?

• Argument

• Premise

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

It is one of the methods of philosophizing which is known to be the art of questioning because is approach is to inquire or to cross-examine.

• Socratic Method

• Dialectic Method

• Scientific Method

• Historical Method