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WorksheetsPHIL 109 9/21/23
Total questions: 4
Worksheet time: 2mins
How does the fallacy of appeal to authority involve issues of credibility?
It assigns credibility to someone who does not deserve it.
It fails to recognize the credibility of someone who is an expert.
It assigns too much credibility to an opponent.
It attacks the credibility of an opponent, rather than what she or he is saying.
Which fallacy is committed by the following argument?
Unless I finish medical school, my life will be an epic fail.
Post hoc
Begging the question
Subjectivism
False dichotomy
Which fallacy is committed by the following argument?
Keisha threw up after she ate my chicken casserole, so it must have made her sick.
Hasty generalization
Post hoc
False dichotomy
Accident
Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of hasty generalization?
All fish have gills, and all trout are fish, so all trout have gills.
The Ravens have won all of their games so far this season, so they will win the next one, too.
I once at Joe's Fish House and did not like the food, so my meal was unpleasant.
I once had a bad experience while traveling in France, so France is a bad place to travel.
