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Chapter 5•Deductive / Inductive reasoning
•Fallacies•false analogy•Ad hominem
•Circular reasoning•hasty generalization
•slippery slope•Straw figure
________ arguments are persuasive because they are simple and clear and appear similar
to syllogistic structures:
A. categorical syllogism
B. disjunctive syllogism
C. quasilogical argument
D. false analogy
What kind of quasilogical argument is presented below?
“It is a federal felony offense to shoot a pregnant woman if her fetus dies, but it is completely legal to abort a healthy fetus”
A. Transitivity
B. Incompatibility
C. Co-existential
D. Dissociation
What kind of fallacy is the following: “ If we legalize gay marriages, the next thing you know we’ll be able to marry
sheep, dogs and cows”. A. false analogy
B. hasty generalization
C. false cause
D. slippery slope