Logical Fallacy Review

Question 1

A term is used in an argument in more than one sense; a "double meaning" fallacy.

Accepted Answer

equivocation

Question 2

Making teens perform community service is like drafting boys into the army.

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False analogy

Question 3

Assert as proof, what is actually just repetition of the initial assertion

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circular reasoning

Question 4

Which fallacy? Jill, a feminist, hates men. All feminists hate men.

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hasty generalization

Question 5

Only two choices are presented, when really more options exist.

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false dilemma

Question 6

3 teenagers harassed me on the bus. Kids are becoming less respectful.

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hasty generalization

Question 7

Argument that draws a conclusion based on a sample size that is too small.

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hasty generalization

Question 8

Faulty notion that since one event preceded another, the first one caused the second.

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post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 9

Argument that uses a simple or single cause to lead to a complex effect.

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oversimplification

Question 10

judge the merit of our assumptions

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evaluate

Question 11

Argument "against the man" instead of against the claim.

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argumentum ad hominem

Question 12

Either we get tough on drug dealers, or we may as well just legalize drugs.

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False dilemma

Question 13

separation of any entity into its constituent parts for close examination.

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analysis

Question 14

Faulty assumption that since 2 things are similar in 1 way, they must be similar in other ways.

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false analogy

Question 15

Arthur Miller was a bad writer. After all, he was a communist in the 1950s.

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Argumentum ad hominem

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