informal fallacy

What following statements are true about fallacies? Select all that apply.

• Fallacies are reasoning errors that weaken an argument

• Fallacies can be used deliberately in an attempt to influence someone’s thinking, opinions, and actions.

• Fallacies can be committed unintentionally due to sloppiness or a lack of understanding.

• Formal fallacies do not have to be non sequitur.

Two types of fallacies are formal and informal.

• True

• False

Which type of fallacy contains an error in structure?

• formal

• informal

An abusive attack against someone making the argument, instead of the argument itself, is called a/an

• appeal to false authority

• bandwagon fallacy

• strawman fallacy

• ad hominem fallacy

Using a celebrity endorsement is typically an appeal to false authority.

• True

• False

If we let our child out of his room, eventually he will want to leave the house, and will end up on the street. If he is walking around on the street then he will be snatched up by a stranger and sold into slavery in a remote region on the World.

• slippery slope

• appeal to ignorance

• ad hominem

• false dilemma

Bandwagon fallacy, which is especially common in the world of advertising, is based on the assumption that

• no one should be trusted.

• the opinion of the majority is always correct.

• the opinion of a few is always correct.

We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Appeal to Authority

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Cherry-picking the evidence

• Ad Hominem

I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.

• Ad Hominem
• Hasty Generalization
• Affirming the Consequent
• Appeal to Irrelevant Authority