First Class Quiz

What is the primary purpose of the scientific method?

• To rely solely on personal beliefs

• To generate opinions

• To determine truth through experimentation

• To create theories without evidence

Which of the following is NOT a type of fallacy?

• Appeal to ignorance

• Argumentum ad populum

• Hasty generalization

• Logical conclusion

What does the fallacy of equivocation involve?

• Appealing to emotions to win an argument

• Making a broad conclusion from a small sample

• Changing the meaning of a word in an argument

• Using a term with the same meaning throughout

What is a characteristic of critical thinking?

• Accepting all opinions as valid

• Evaluating arguments based on evidence

• Ignoring logical reasoning

• Relying on personal feelings

Which fallacy involves linking a premise's validity to the person advocating it?

• Fallacy of composition

• False cause

• Against the person

• Appeal to force

What does the appeal to pity fallacy exploit?

• Popularity of an idea

• Feelings of guilt or sympathy

• Statistical data

• Logical reasoning

What is the main issue with hasty generalization?

• It relies on extensive research

• It uses multiple sources of evidence

• It draws conclusions from a small sample

• It is based on logical reasoning

What does the term 'fallacy' refer to in logic?

• A scientific method

• A true statement

• An error in reasoning

• A proven theory

What type of fallcy is being depicted here:

Pointing to a fancy chart, Roger shows how temperatures have been rising over the past few centuries, whilst at the same time the numbers of pirates have been decreasing; thus pirates cool the world and global warming is a hoax.

• False Cause

• Fallacy of Composition

• Hasty Generalization

• Appeal to pity

What type of fallacy is depicted here:

someone telling their boss that they do not deserve to be fired for being late all the time, citing as evidence that their children will go hungry if they lose the job

• Appeal to people

• Against the person

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to pity