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QUESTION 1 1) Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment believe that women should stay barefoot and pregnant

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QUESTION 1 1) Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment believe that women should stay barefoot and pregnant.”(a) Straw man(b) Untestability(c) Accident(d) Slippery slope(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 2 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If we accept restriction on free speech then opponents of freedom will soon be asking for more restrictions elsewhere and before we know it we’ll be living under a totalitarian regime.”(a) Slippery slope(b) weak analogy(c) Untestability(d) Accident(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 3 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Whenever I wear green socks my logic grade goes up. That is why I save my green socks to wear only on the days of the test.”(a) False cause(b) Untestability(c) Accident(d) Hasty generalization(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 4 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. Jim Baker was an insincere Christian.ii. Therefore, all Christians are insincere.(a) Hasty generalization(b) Slippery slope(c) Untestability(d) false cause(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 5 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Prof. Jones: The university just cut our yearly budget by $10,000. Prof. Smith: What are we going to do? Prof. Brown: I think we should eliminate one of the teaching assistant positions. That would take care of it. Prof. Jones: We could reduce our scheduled raises instead. Prof. Brown: I can't understand why you want to bleed us dry like that, Jones.” (a) Straw man(b) Untestability(c) Accident(d) Slippery slope(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 6 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “She began making $100,000 the year after she graduated from college, and when she took an IQ test, she scored 20 points higher than when she was in high school. See, I told you: money makes people smarter.”(a) Straw man(b) Hasty generalization(c) False cause(d) Untestability(e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 7 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Protesting against racial injustice only causes more of it to occur.”(a) Straw man(b) Hasty generalization(c) False cause(d) Untestability(e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 8 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If we legalize marijuana, the next thing you know we’ll legalize heroine, LSD, crack, and cocaine.”(a) Slippery slope(b) weak analogy(c) Untestability(d) false cause(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 9 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit over the head in order to make them work, so must employees.” (a) false cause(b) accident(c) Slippery slope(d) weak analogy(e) Hasty generalization A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 10 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Movie stars are really rude. I asked Kevin Costner for his autograph in a restaurant in Westwood the other evening, and he told me to get lost.”(a) Straw man(b) Untestability(c) False cause(d) Hasty generalization (e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 11 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “That fire engine was going over 60 mph in a 35- mph zone. The police should give the driver a ticket.”(a) Straw man(b) Hasty generalization(c) False cause(d) Untestability(e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 12 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “People who oppose mandatory sentencing want convicted rapists and killers to get off scot-free.” (a) Straw man (b) Untestability(c) Accident(d) Slippery slope(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 13 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Ghetto neighborhoods are unclean. Often you find garbage strewn in the streets. This must be because the residents are unclean.”(a) weak analogy(b) Untestability(c) False cause(d) Slippery slope(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 14 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Children and mentally ill persons cannot vote. This state of affairs proves that in America not all are free and few have the inalienable right of liberty.”(a) False cause(b) Untestability(c) Slippery slope(d) Accident(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 15 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “During the late 70s when Japan was rapidly expanding its share of the American auto market, GM surveyed owners of GM cars and asked them whether they would be more willing to buy a large powerful car or a small economical car. 70% of those who responded said that they would prefer a large car. On the basis of this survey, GM decided to continue building large cars. Yet during the 80s, GM lost even more of the market to the Japanese.”(a) slippery slope(b) red herring(c) hasty generalization(d) Straw man(e) weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 16 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Permitting legalized abortion will put us only a step away from legalizing the murder of anyone we deem undesirable or inconvenient.” (a) False cause(b) Slippery slope(c) Untestability(d) Red Herring(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 17 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “I met two men from Texas who were wearing cowboy hats. So all Texas men wear cowboy hats.”(a) Untestability(b) Accident(c) Hasty generalization(d) Slippery slope(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 18 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “For the last 50 years, whenever the American League won the World Series, there was a recession that year, but when the National League won, stock prices went up. There must be some unknown economic force at work that we don’t understand.”(a) false cause(b) Hasty generalization(c) red herring (d) Untestability(e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 19 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Immigration to California from Mexico increased. Soon after, the welfare rolls increased. Therefore, the increased immigration caused the increase in welfare rolls.”(a) Straw man(b) Hasty generalization(c) False cause(d) Untestability(e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 20 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Mr. Equalminded's idea for implementing affirmative action in the university's admission process is complete folly. He says he wants the student body to represent diversity in the community. But that's ridiculous. I suppose this means we'll have to throw out our academic standards while were at it.”(a) Straw man(b) Untestability(c) Accident(d) Hasty generalization(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 21 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “I owned a Ford once, and it broke down on me. They are terrible cars, and I will never buy one again.”(a) Untestability(b) Accident(c) Hasty generalization(d) Slippery slope(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers. QUESTION 1 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “I won the lottery because my psychic aura made me win on this special occasion.”(a) red herring(b) Untestability(c) hasty generalization(d) false cause(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 2 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. My boss is a Republican and he’s a terrible person. ii. So I wouldn’t trust any of them. (a) Hasty generalization(b) weak analogy(c) Slippery slope(d) Untestability(e) Accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 3 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If we had left Saddam in power, every other despot in the region would get overconfident, then all the ones in Latin America and Africa, and before you know it we will be threatened by the entire Third World.”(a) Slippery slope(b) weak analogy(c) Untestability(d) accident(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 4 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The man and his family disappeared for a week, no one could find them. They did not show up to school or work. Their family members and neighbors were all worried. They must have been abducted by aliens and returned a week later.”(a) red herring(b) Untestability(c) false cause(d) Hasty generalization(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 5 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Single mothers raising sons have a difficult time controlling them and the sons often end up incarcerated. Single mothers are the cause of the incarceration of their sons.”(a) straw man(b) Untestability(c) False cause(d) Slippery slope(e) hasty generalization A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 6 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Supporters of the bill to ban chlordane and related termiticides maintain that it could cause 300,000 cancers in the American population in 70 years. This is like saying that we ought to introduce legislation that bans automobiles on the ground that cars kill people.” (a) straw man(b) red herring(c) Slippery slope(d) weak analogy(e) Hasty generalization A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 7 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “He is paranoid, agitated, and disagreeable because his soul is possessed by demons.”(a) weak analogy(b) Untestability(c) false cause(d) Hasty generalization(e) straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 8 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Barack Obama suggests that America is irresponsible when it comes to dealing with leaders of other nations. He asks the question of how we are going to solve our problems by ignoring our enemies. President Bush criticizes Obama, claiming that it is foolish of him to think that we can solve world problems by appeasing our enemies.”(a) false cause(b) Slippery slope(c) weak analogy(d) Hasty generalization(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 9 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Person A travels through town X for the first time. He sees 10 people, all of them children. Person A returns to his town and reports that there are no adult residents in town X.”(a) accident(b) weak analogy(c) hasty generalization(d) Straw man(e) slippery slope A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 10 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. The apples in the top of the box look good.ii. So the entire box of apples must be good.(a) accident (b) untestability(c) hasty generalization(d) false cause(e) slippery slope A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 11 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. The terrorists who attacked NYC on 9/11 were Muslims.ii. Therefore, all Muslims are terrorists.(a) Hasty generalization(b) false cause(c) Slippery slope(d) Untestability(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 12 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “To see how Canadians will vote in the next election we polled a hundred people in Calgary. This shows conclusively that the Reform party will sweep the polls. (People in Calgary tend to be more conservative, and hence more likely to vote Reform, than people in the rest of the country.)”(a) accident (b) red herring(c) hasty generalization(d) Straw man(e) slippery slope A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 13 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Pets are nice and cuddly so animals are generally nice and cudly.”(a) Hasty generalization(b) false cause(c) Slippery slope(d) Untestability(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 14 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The US should not get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will start sending in thousands to die.”(a) Slippery slope(b) weak analogy(c) Untestability(d) false cause(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 15 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools, and the next year you can make it a crime to teach it in the church.” – Clarence Darrow(a) Slippery slope(b) weak analogy(c) Untestability(d) Straw man(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 16 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. Fred, the Australian, stole my wallet. ii. Therefore, all Australians are thieves.(a) Hasty generalization(b) false cause(c) Slippery slope(d) Untestability(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 17 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Senator Jones says that we should not fund the attack submarine program. I disagree entirely. I can’t understand why he wants to leave us completely defenseless.” (a) Slippery slope(b) weak analogy(c) false cause(d) Hasty generalization(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 18 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If we make an exception for you, then we’ll eventually have to make an exception for everyone.”(a) Hasty generalization(b) weak analogy(c) Untestability(d) Red herring(e) Straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 19 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. An atheist I met made some irrational remarks.ii. Therefore, all atheists are irrational.(a) Hasty generalization(b) red herring(c) Slippery slope(d) Untestability(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 20 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The problem with the Giants is the Loma Prieta earthquake. They haven't won a league championship since the earthquake hit during the World Series in 1989.”(a) False cause(b) weak analogy(c) hasty generalization (d) slippery slope (e) straw man A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 21 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit:i. The moon was full on Thursday evening. ii. On Friday morning I overslept. iii. Therefore, the full moon caused me to oversleep.(a) weak analogy(b) Untestability(c) False cause(d) hasty generalization(e) accident A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers. QUESTION 1 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “That politician never tells the truth because every time he tries to explain why he did something wrong, he fabricates a story.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 2 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Each page of the encyclopedia weighs practically nothing, so the encyclopedia weighs practically nothing.”(a) Equivocation (b) Amphiboly(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) False dichotomy (e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 3 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: "We should not believe President Clinton when he claims not to have had sex with Monica Lewinsky. After all, he's a liar." (a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 4 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “To allow the press to keep their sources confidential is very advantageous to the country, since it is highly conducive to the interests of the larger community that private individuals should have the privilege of providing information to the press without being identified.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 5 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Since you do not support the war, you must be a traitor.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 6 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Capital punishment for repeatedly convicted drug dealers is absolutely justifiable because people who are found guilty of selling drugs again and again should be given the death penalty.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Fallacy of division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 7 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “I know for a fact that the acrylic paints that Vincent van Gogh used to create this portrait were very inexpensive. So even though his painting is hanging in a museum, it can’t be very expensive.”(a) Equivocation (b) Weak analogy(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) False dichotomy(e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 8 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The house is poorly constructed, so the material it is made of must be poorly constructed as well.”(a) Equivocation (b) Begging the question(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) False dichotomy (e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 9 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Every song on the album lasts less than an hour. Therefore, the album lasts less than an hour.”(a) Equivocation (b) Begging the question(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Loaded question (e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 10 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “I trust her because she is trustworthy.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 11 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “In physics class we learned that elementary particles have little or no mass. My $150 physics textbook is made up of elementary particles, thus it has little or no mass.”(a) Equivocation (b) False dichotomy(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Loaded question (e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 12 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “I hear that Walter is handling some hot stocks right now. The new asbestos gloves I bought protect your hands from hot objects. I should give them to Walter for protection.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Fallacy of composition A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 13 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: "If you can't beat them, join them." (a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 14 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Either you love your country or you are a traitor.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 15 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The bricks in this building are sturdy, so the building must be sturdy.”(a) Equivocation (b) Weak analogy(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) False dichotomy(e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 16 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Whatever happens by chance should be punished, because whatever happens by chance is a departure from law and all departures from law should be punished.”(a) Fallacy of division (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation(d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 17 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Either we cut school funding or we raise taxes. Nobody wants to cut school funding, so we must raise taxes.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Weak analogy A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 18 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “A friend in need is a friend indeed. Johns always needs something. Therefore, John is indeed a friend.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Fallacy of division A. a 2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 19 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: "Did you enjoy breaking your grandmother's heart by being late for the ceremony?" (a) Equivocation (b) Amphiboly(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Loaded question (e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 20 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The sign says that there is no mass on Sunday. But my science teacher said that mass is the same as energy. So I guess there is no energy on Sunday either.”(a) Begging the question (b) False dichotomy (c) Equivocation (d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Fallacy of division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 21 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Do you still look for discarded food in dumpsters?”(a) Equivocation (b) False dichotomy(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Loaded question (e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 22 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If a person can break one stick, then another one, then still another one, then he can break the bundle of sticks as a whole.”(a) Equivocation (b) Begging the question(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Loaded question (e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 23 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “The community of Pacific Palisades is extremely wealthy. Therefore, every person living there is extremely wealthy.”(a) Equivocation (b) Weak analogy(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Begging the question(e) Fallacy of Division A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 24 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “If you don't believe in the absolute moral values stated in the Bible, you must be a radical relativist.”(a) Begging the question (b) Equivocation (c) False dichotomy(d) Fallacy of Composition(e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points QUESTION 25 1. Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “She watched the monkey eating a banana.”(a) Equivocation (b) False dichotomy(c) Fallacy of Composition (d) Loaded question (e) Amphiboly A. a2. B. b C. c D. d E. e 1 points Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers. Discussion Instructions: Please click on the following link(s) (if they do not open, please copy-paste them into your browser), and watch the videos (at least approx. 300 words - 20 lines of writing): Provide your comments on one or more of the videos by describing what you found most valuable and why. You can focus on something very specific, or very general. 1)Repeat the instructions for the topic 1 discussion for the following videos: Critical Thinking About Conspiracies: Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXXXTqWBGpg Critical Thinking About Conspiracies: An Argument for Default Skepticism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGhPCMcj0Q0 Critical Thinking About Conspiracies: Conspiracies, Mind Control and Falsifiability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkaB8YvD9k 2)Repeat the instructions in the topic 1 discussion for the following videos: Cognitive Biases: What They Are and Why They're Important https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTJLchCHsrc Cognitive Biases: Cognitive Biases and the Authority of Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZkkY2XVzdw When tribalism becomes pathological https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzG25VbThg 3) Please choose a word from the following list and, using internet resources, try and define it as precisely as possible in 300 words. As usual, please also reply to the posts of 2 classmates. freedom, rights, refugee, religion, racist, fascist, terrorist, sexual harassment, hate speech, nationalism, genocide, torture, democracy, nation, marriage, overpopulation, life, happiness, art, person (note the Supreme Court’s ruling that treats corporations as people) 4)Please choose a vid from the list below and summarize the KEY argument in standard form, with numbers identifying the premises and conclusion. Then tell us whether you agree or disagree with the argument, and why. Abortion and Personhood (Big Think) Is it ok to kill animals for food (Wireless philosophy) Assisted Death & The Value of Life (Crash Course) Non-Human Animals (Crash Course) Discrimination (Crash course) Hate speech or free speech (Roaming millennial)