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WorksheetsFallacies of Insufficient Evidence
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Fallacy of Insufficient Evidence?
Premise is irrelevant to support the conclusion
Premise is not enough to support the conclusion
Premise is confusing many people
Premise is full of evidences
What is the fallacy of insufficient evidence that attempts to persuade others by appealing to feelings of reverence for some tradition or belief?
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
(Arguing from Ignorance)
Argumentum ad Verecundiam
(Appeal to Inappropriate Authority)
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
"This treatment has been used by people since the ancient times, therefore it must be an effective way to cure this disease." Is an example of?
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
Argumentum ad Verecundiam
(Appeal to Inappropriate Authority)
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
This fallacy consist in applying a general rule to a particular case when circumstances suggest that an exception to the rule should apply.
Accident
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
"My neighbor, who is an engineer told me that vaccines can cause autism, therefore vaccines cause autism." Is an example of?
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
Argumentum ad Verecundiam
(Appeal to Inappropriate Authority)
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
Accident
This fallacy arises when the premise of an argument presents us with a choice between two alternatives and assumes that they are exhaustive when in fact they are not.
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
Accident
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
(Arguing from Ignorance)
The fallacy that the arguer uses to claim that something is true because no one has proven it false or vice versa.
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
(Arguing from Ignorance)
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
Accident
This fallacy often derives from the failure to distinguish contradictories from contraries.
Hasty Generalization
Accident
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam [Arguing from Ignorance]
"I ate in two restaurants in Bangkok and didn’t like the experience. There are no good restaurants in Bangkok." Is an example of?
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
(Arguing from Ignorance)
False Dilemma
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
Argumentum ad Verecundiam
(Appeal to Inappropriate Authority)
This fallacy consists in drawing a general or universal conclusion from insufficient particular case.
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
Argumentum ad Verecundiam
(Appeal to Inappropriate Authority)
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
(Arguing from Ignorance)
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
This fallacy consists in persuading others by appealing to people who command respect or authority but do not have legitimate authority in the matter at hand.
Argumentum ad Verecundiam
(Appeal to Inappropriate Authority)
Accident
Argumentum ad Antiquum
(Appeal to the Ages)
Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
To determine if this kind of fallacy is present, one has to pay attention on the background or circumstances of the supposed source being relied on with regard to a particular issue.
False Dilemma
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam [Arguing from Ignorance]
Accident
Argumentum ad Verecundiam [Appeal to Inappropriate Authority]
Judges and lawyers sometimes use this term in the lay sense to describe something that is not supported by the facts.
(a)
What are the three categories of informal fallacies?
(a)
