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Assessment Informal Fallacies Part 2

The document contains examples of informal fallacies and asks the reader to identify which fallacy is present in each example. It provides 10 examples of arguments and asks the reader to select which type of fallacy (if any) is committed from a list of choices. The examples illustrate common informal fallacies such as appeal to ignorance, hasty generalization, genetic fallacy, red herring, and weak authority. The reader must analyze each argument and determine the best fitting fallacy description.

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Assessment Informal Fallacies Part 2

The document contains examples of informal fallacies and asks the reader to identify which fallacy is present in each example. It provides 10 examples of arguments and asks the reader to select which type of fallacy (if any) is committed from a list of choices. The examples illustrate common informal fallacies such as appeal to ignorance, hasty generalization, genetic fallacy, red herring, and weak authority. The reader must analyze each argument and determine the best fitting fallacy description.

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Assessment Informal

Fallacies Part 2
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Identifying Informal Fallacies

Determine whether the following arguments are


examples of Red Herring, Appeal to Ignorance,
Weak Authority, Genetic Fallacy or Hasty
Generalization.

No arguments or  evidence  has * 1 point

proven alchemy  to be true. Thus the


claims of alchemy  are bogus.

Hasty Generalization

Weak Authority

Genetic Fallacy

Not a Fallacy

Appeal to Ignorance

Red Herring

My big brother told me that boys * 1 point

cannot be trusted, and I believe him.

Not a Fallacy

Genetic Fallacy

Appeal to Ignorance

Weak Authority

Hasty Generalization

Red Herring

A famous musician is claiming that * 1 point

Sparkle toothpaste prevents cavities


better than others.

Weak Authority

Hasty Generalization

Not a Fallacy

Red Herring

Appeal to Ignorance

Genetic Fallacy

He was born to Catholic parents and * 1 point

raised as a Catholic until his


confirmation in 8th grade.  Therefore,
he is bound to want to defend some
Catholic traditions and, therefore,
cannot be taken seriously.

Not a Fallacy

Appeal to Ignorance

Hasty Generalization

Genetic Fallacy

Weak Authority

Red Herring

Many  dieticians think we  should eat * 1 point

chemical-free  foods.  But chemicals


 are  vitally  important to our lives.
Without them, we’d not have  the
 plastics we  all  rely  on today,  nor
would we  have access to strong,
light-weight materials for cars or
 planes. These  dieticians are  just
 foolish.

Appeal to Ignorance

Not a Fallacy

Hasty Generalization

Red Herring

Genetic Fallacy

Weak Authority

Raw vegans have  come  up with no * 1 point

good  reason  to believe  that cooked


 food is  harmful to us. Thus cooked
food  is perfectly  safe  for  human
 consumption.

Red Herring

Hasty Generalization

Not a Fallacy

Appeal to Ignorance

Genetic Fallacy

Weak Authority

A Roman Catholic priest, speaking * 1 point

 publicly  from his pulpit, asked five


 of his parishioners if they  believed in
God. All  five  said  yes. The  priest
 responded, “See, this country  is full
 of believers!”

Hasty Generalization

Not a Fallacy

Genetic Fallacy

Weak Authority

Appeal to Ignorance

Red Herring

Slim-Fast must work. After all, * 1 point

Maymay Entrata endorses it.

Genetic Fallacy

Weak Authority

Red Herring

Appeal to Ignorance

Hasty Generalization

Not a Fallacy

Son: "Wow, Dad, it's really hard to * 1 point

make a living on my salary." Father:


"Consider yourself lucky, son. Why,
when I was your age, I only made
PhP150 a week."

Genetic Fallacy

Weak Authority

Appeal to Ignorance

Not a Fallacy

Red Herring

Hasty Generalization

I  heard  a  guest philosopher try  to * 1 point

answer some  questions on the  radio


 yesterday.  Boy, did he sound like an
idiot. He  kept mumbling,  saying
 “ah…ah…ah,”  and had a  hard time
 answering  any question directly.  All
philosophers must  be  morons.

Hasty Generalization

Not a Fallacy

Appeal to Ignorance

Red Herring

Weak Authority

Genetic Fallacy

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