Chapter 4 Test

the speaker assumes that the best solution to a problem must be a compromise between two extremes.

• fallacy of division

• moderation

• bifurcation

• is-ought

speaker assumes the very thing she is trying to prove

• bifurcation

• composition

• is ought

• begging the question

speaker makes the assumption that the parts will have the same properties as a collective whole

• division

• composition

• moderation

• bifurcation (false dilemma)

speaker assumes that the collective whole will have the same properties of its parts.

• division

• bifurcation

• composition

• moderation

speaker assumes that something is the right thing simply because it is the way that things happen to be.

• bifurcation

• begging the question

• moderation

• is-ought

speaker assumes that only 2 possibilities exist, when in fact there may be other solutions

• division

• moderation

• bifurcation (false dilemma)

• composition

Fallacies that contain hidden assumptions

• fallacies of presupposition

• axiom

• enthymeme

• petitio principii

a deductive argument with a hidden assumption

• axiom

• enthymeme

• petitio principii

• fallacies of presupposition

foundational principle upon which an argument rests

• petitio principii

• enthymeme

• axiom

petitioning the principle

• petitio principii

• axiom

• enthymeme