Exam 4: Fallacies

Matching: -If an ad hominem argument accuses someone of prejudice because of his race and contends that he is therefore not a good source of information, it is a(n) ________ ad hominem.

Matching: -In the fallacy of ________, we reason from the attributes of the parts to the attributes of the whole.

Matching: -The petitio principii assumes the ________ of what it seeks to prove.

Which other fallacy of ambiguity is the reverse of the fallacy of division?

Which fallacy is committed when a statement's meaning is indeterminate?

Advertisements featuring famous musicians selling life insurance are examples of the fallacy of:

Which fallacy occurs when we confuse temporal with causal relations?

Every circular argument commits the fallacy of begging the question.

Fallacies of accident arise when a generalization has some exceptions.

An abusive ad hominem is present whenever:

The fallacy of amphiboly confuses the several meanings of a word.

"I often see dogs in the park.You have a dog; therefore, I often see your dog in the park." This commits the fallacy of:

"Why is it always the case that stores run out of the sale items just before the sale paper arrives, so that I can't ever buy what's on sale? " What fallacy is committed in this example?

False cause is one of the fallacies of relevance.

"I know there are angels! There must be: no one can prove that they don't exist!" This commits the fallacy of:

Matching: -When we presume the applicability of a generalization to an individual case, we commit the fallacy of ________.

"You should buy these shoes, because everyone has them! Except ugly people, of course." This speaker is using the fallacy of:

Defense lawyers sometimes explain the actions of a client by referring to the client's own mistreatment as a child.What fallacy may be committed by such explanations?

Matching: -The fallacy of complex question is one of the fallacies of ________.

The fallacy of equivocation occurs when something is taken out of context and misconstrued.