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PHIL 102 - Midterm Questions And Answers 2024/2025update
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PHIL 102 - Midterm Questions AndAnswers 2024/2025update
Formal Fallacy ANS✔✔ A fallacy that may be identified by merely examining the FORM or STRUCTURE of
an argument
Informal Fallacy ANS✔✔ A fallacy that can be detected only by examining the content of the argument
Fallacies of Relevance ANS✔✔ These fallacies share the common characteristic that the arguments in
which they occur have PREMISES that are logically IRRELEVANT to the conclusion
Ex. of Fallacies of Relevance ANS✔✔ Appeal to Force (Ad Baculum), Appeal to the People (Ad Populum),
Argument Against the Person (Ad Hominem), Appeal to Pity, Straw Man, Red Herring
Fallacies of Weak Induction ANS✔✔ Fallacies that occur because the connection between the premises
and conclusion is not strong enough to support the conclusion
Ex. of Fallacies of Weak Induction ANS✔✔ Appeal to Unqualified Authority, Appeal to Ignorance, Hasty
Generalization, False Cause, Slippery Slope, Weak Analogy
Fallacies of Presumption ANS✔✔ Fallacies that arise because the premises presume what they purport
to prove
Ex. of Fallacies of Presumption ANS✔✔ Begging the Question, Complex Question, False Dichotomy
(Dilemma
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