EAS Logic 6.1 Fallacies 4

Which fallacy is committed when someone dismisses an idea solely because of its source, such as saying, "A kid wrote that? No way it’s true!"?

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

What type of fallacy is present when someone claims, “This food must make them speedy!” just because two events happen together?

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

Which fallacy is shown when someone responds to criticism by pointing out the critic’s similar behavior, as in, “Oh yeah? You leave your computer on all the time!”?

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

If someone says, “A comic book? That’s for babies, so it’s gotta be wrong,” which fallacy are they committing?

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

What fallacy is present in the statement, “This lake has a giant undiscovered fish because no one can prove it doesn’t”?

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

When someone says, “Why should I listen to you? You eat burgers all the time!” in response to advice, which fallacy is this?

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

Which fallacy is committed when someone claims, “There must be a new kind of energy in the universe because scientists can’t prove there isn’t”?

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

Match the following scenario to the correct fallacy: Dismissing a scientific claim because it was published in a comic book.

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

Identify the fallacy: “Every time I wear my lucky socks, my team wins. My socks must be the reason we win.”

• Causation Fallacy (CF)

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

Which fallacy is being used if someone argues, “No one has ever proven aliens don’t exist, so they must be real”?

• Appeal to Ignorance (AI)

• Genetic Fallacy (GF)

• Tu Quoque Fallacy (TF)

• Causation Fallacy (CF)