Test 1: Review Questions Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

You should give my son an "A" for this semester. After all, we recently lost most of our wealth because I was indicted for stock fraud, and he is not used to living in a small apartment, and having to walk to school. {Ans: Appeal to pity}False cause fallacies assume a causal link when there is inadequate evidence. {Ans: True}That painting is deserving of an award. At least that's why my uncle, the barber, says. {Ans: Appeal to unqualified authority}An appeal to fear or force fallacy is an informal fallacy, not a formal fallacy. {Ans: True}An argument that uses post hoc reasoning confuses correlation with causation. {Ans: True}If aliens really exist, then we would have undeniable evidence of it by now. But the problem is that we do not have such evidence of it. Thus, aliens do not exist. {Ans: Appeal to ignorance}