Types of Fallacies Quiz

What is Argumentum ad hominem?

• Basing an inference on too small a sample

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Using emotions such as pity and sympathy

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

What is Argumentum ad baculum?

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

• Using the threat of force or an undesirable event to advance an argument

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Misusing an authority

What is Argumentum ad misericordiam?

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Using emotions such as pity and sympathy

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

• Basing an inference on too small a sample

What is Argumentum ad populum?

• Misusing an authority

• The idea is presented as acceptable because a lot of people accept it

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

What is Argumentum ad antiquitatem?

• Basing an inference on too small a sample

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• The idea is acceptable because it has been true for a long time

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

What is Argumentum ad verecundiam?

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Misusing an authority

• Using emotions such as pity and sympathy

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

What is Dicto simpliciter?

• Basing an inference on too small a sample

• Using emotions such as pity and sympathy

• An argument based on an unqualified generalization

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

What is Fallacy of Composition?

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Misusing an authority

• Using emotions such as pity and sympathy

• Basing an inference on too small a sample

What is Fallacy of Division?

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Assuming that what is true of the whole is true for its parts

• Basing an inference on too small a sample

• Using emotions such as pity and sympathy

What is Hasty generalization?

• Attacking the person instead of the argument

• Assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole

• Misusing an authority

• Basing an inference on too small a sample