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PHIL 109 3/5/24

Total questions: 4

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which fallacy is committed by the following argument?

The poor need taxpayer support because governments have an obligation to help those in need.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Begging the Question

c)

Accident

d)

Equivocation

2.

Which fallacy is committed by the following argument?

You should not attend the dance, because if you do, you will start getting too close to other people, which will lead to kissing, and then babies.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Appeal to Emotion

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Post Hoc

3.

Which fallacy assumes there are only two possible understandings of a situation when there are actually more than two possible understandings?

a)

Accident

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Begging the Question

d)

False Dichotomy

4.

Which fallacy is committed by the following argument?

We are going to have a snowy winter. My barber told me this, and his is never wrong about the weather.

a)

Appeal to authority

b)

Ad Hominem

c)

Subjectivism

d)

Appeal to majority