End of Course Test: The Logical Fallacies

1 point(s)

Ad hominem fallacies are an example of what larger grouping of informal fallacies?

Fallacies of presumption
Fallacies of clarity
Fallacies of relevance

1 point(s)

What does “ad hominem” mean?

To/against the attack
To/against the man
To/against the source

1 point(s)

An ad hominem circumstantial argument attacks an opponent using insulting or abusive language.

True
False

1 point(s)

What does “tu quoque” mean?

"you also"
"to the man"
"you are stupid"

1 point(s)

This is an example of a genetic fallacy: “Communism is a terrible economic philosophy because it was advocated by atheists.”

True
False

1 point(s)

There are never any legitimate appeals to fear.

True
False

1 point(s)

Appeals to pity are arguments that are really distractions from the main point.

True
False

1 point(s)

Ad populum fallacies are a subset of fallacies of relevance.

True
False

1 point(s)

Snob appeal comes from the Latin “argumentum ad snobum.”

True
False

1 point(s)

In Latin, “argumentum ad verecundiam” means “argument to verity (truth).”

True
False

1 point(s)

Which of these is an example of chronological snobbery?

You should vote for Senator Jones because he’s not connected with all of the career politicians who have been running this country for years! He’s promising to bring real change!
If you don’t vote for Senator Jones, his opponent will raise our taxes!
You shouldn’t vote for Senator Jones because he’s just a rich millionaire!

1 point(s)

Appeals to ignorance are a type of red herring.

True
False

1 point(s)

The irrelevant goals and function fallacy uses “arguments that distract by making a case for the wrong point.”

True
False

1 point(s)

The irrelevant thesis fallacy makes a positive argument for something.

True
False

1 point(s)

The straw man fallacy never contains any truth.

True
False

1 point(s)

What are the various types of begging the question, or circular arguments?

Loaded label
Loaded question
Loaded definition
All of the above

1 point(s)

Another name for the fallacy of bifurcation is “false dilemma.”

True
False

1 point(s)

The is-ought fallacy is a type of fallacy of relevance.

True
False

1 point(s)

The fallacy of composition only deals with assumptions about a “collective whole,” a particular thing, not a class of things.

True
False

1 point(s)

False analogies are either true or false.

True
False

1 point(s)

What is the correct word to fill in the definition of fake precision? “An argument that uses numbers in a way that is too _____________ to be justified by the situation.”

subjective
precise
vague

1 point(s)

Equivocation involves the use of words that are ambiguous in their meaning.

True
False

1 point(s)

Which word correctly completes the definition of a fallacy of accent? “Arguments that rest on an ______________________ emphasis placed on certain words or phrases.”

improper
inconsistent
illogical

1 point(s)

The fallacy of distinction without a difference centers on making linguistic distinctions—not real distinctions.

True
False

25 point(s)

In 500 to 600 words, share what you have learned about teaching logical fallacies to students of logic. What particular methods did you observe in the teachers of the course that you can emulate?

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Essential Logic: The Logical Fallacies

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End of Course Test: The Logical Fallacies

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1. Question

Ad hominem fallacies are an example of what larger grouping of informal fallacies?

2. Question

What does “ad hominem” mean?

3. Question

An ad hominem circumstantial argument attacks an opponent using insulting or abusive language.

4. Question

What does “tu quoque” mean?

5. Question

This is an example of a genetic fallacy: “Communism is a terrible economic philosophy because it was advocated by atheists.”

6. Question

There are never any legitimate appeals to fear.

7. Question

Appeals to pity are arguments that are really distractions from the main point.

8. Question

Ad populum fallacies are a subset of fallacies of relevance.

9. Question

Snob appeal comes from the Latin “argumentum ad snobum.”

10. Question

In Latin, “argumentum ad verecundiam” means “argument to verity (truth).”

11. Question

Which of these is an example of chronological snobbery?

12. Question

Appeals to ignorance are a type of red herring.

13. Question

The irrelevant goals and function fallacy uses “arguments that distract by making a case for the wrong point.”

14. Question

The irrelevant thesis fallacy makes a positive argument for something.

15. Question

The straw man fallacy never contains any truth.

16. Question

What are the various types of begging the question, or circular arguments?

17. Question

Another name for the fallacy of bifurcation is “false dilemma.”

18. Question

The is-ought fallacy is a type of fallacy of relevance.

19. Question

The fallacy of composition only deals with assumptions about a “collective whole,” a particular thing, not a class of things.

20. Question

False analogies are either true or false.

21. Question

What is the correct word to fill in the definition of fake precision? “An argument that uses numbers in a way that is too _____________ to be justified by the situation.”

22. Question

Equivocation involves the use of words that are ambiguous in their meaning.

23. Question

Which word correctly completes the definition of a fallacy of accent? “Arguments that rest on an ______________________ emphasis placed on certain words or phrases.”

24. Question

The fallacy of distinction without a difference centers on making linguistic distinctions—not real distinctions.

25. Question

In 500 to 600 words, share what you have learned about teaching logical fallacies to students of logic. What particular methods did you observe in the teachers of the course that you can emulate?