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The fact that someone has dubious reasons for making a claim does not show that the claim is false. True
The distorting, weakening, or oversimplifying of someone's position so it can be more easily attacked or refuted is known as Straw Man
The use of derision, sarcasm, laughter, or mockery to disparage a person or idea is known as Ridicule
Any argument that tries to show that one event or state of affairs can inevitably lead to others is fallacious. false
A scientific claim must be true if it hasn't been shown to be false. false
A slippery-slope pattern of argument is fallacious when There is no good reason to think that doing one action will inevitably lead to another undesirable action.
The fallacy of equivocation occurs whenever a word has one meaning in one premise and the same meaning in another premise or the conclusion. false
Good writers never combine arguments with appeals to emotion. false
The attempt to establish the conclusion of an argument by using that conclusion as a premise is known as begging the question
The demand that someone prove a universal negative is unreasonable. true
"No one has shown that ghosts aren't real, so they must be real"--is an example of appeal to ignorance
Claims that come out of a "poisoned well" cannot be automatically dismissed. true
If we could prove anything with a lack of evidence, we could prove almost anything. true
The straw man fallacy is a favorite of politicians. true
"The political action committee is very prestigious in Washington; we can expect, then, that each of its soldiers is very prestigious in Washington" is an example of the fallacy of division. true
Whether people are hypocritical regarding their claims is directly related to the truth of those claims. false
An argument of this form--P. Therefore, p--is called begging the question
The appeal to popularity is arguing that a claim must be false because a substantial number of people doubt it
"Reinterpret claim X so that it becomes the weak or absurd claim Y; attack claim Y; conclude that X is unfounded" is an example of equivocation. false
In most cases a claim should be considered true if it hasn't been shown to be false. false
Arguing that your doing something morally wrong is justified because someone else has done the same (or similar) thing is known as the fallacy of two wrongs make a right
"Either you support the war or you are a traitor to your country. You don't support the war. So you're a traitor"--is an example of false dilemma
The fallacy of arguing that what is true of the parts must be true of the whole is called composition
rhetoric should never be combined with critical thinking false
The fallacy of division is frequently used in statistical arguments. true
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