Knowledge Quiz Logical Fallacies

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* 1. What does the fallacy of 'Equivocation' mean?

Misrepresenting the other person's argument in order to attack it more easily

Semantic oscillation

Changing the meaning of a term in the middle of an argument

Drawing a conclusion that does not follow from the premise of the argument

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* 2. When someone says, "You have two options: stop complaining or find another job," what reasoning error is made?

Syllogistic bifurcation

Equivocation

Non sequitur

False dilemma

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* 3. What does the logical fallacy "Slippery Slope" mean?

Dialectical synergy

Drawing a conclusion that does not follow from the premise of the argument

Assumption that a proposition is true because it is popular

Assumption that a first step leads to a chain of subsequent steps with extreme consequences

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* 4. What is the logical fallacy where you attack the other person's character rather than their arguments?

Post-hoc ergo propter hoc

Red herring

Quantum querulation

Ad hominem

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* 5. What logical fallacy does the politician make in this example? Interviewer: "How does your party plan to address the climate issue?" Politician: "Of course, my party considers this issue very important. And at the same time, we must ensure that people with a limited income can maintain their purchasing power. Because that is often overlooked!"

False dichotomy

Phenomenological extrapolation

Red Herring

Circular reasoning

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* 6. What fallacy claims that something is good because it has been done for centuries?

Just world fallacy

Appeal to authority

Axiom of precedence

Appeal to tradition

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* 7. In what logical fallacy is it stated that something must be true because an expert says it is true?

Appeal to tradition

Ad hominem

Hermeneutical dissimulation

Appeal to authority

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* 8. What fallacy is being made here: "People living in poverty have made bad life choices."

Just world fallacy

Cosmological determinism

Appeal to authority

Appeal to tradition

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* 9. What does the fallacy 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc' mean?

Assumption that a something is true of good because it has always been done that way

Assumption that event B was caused by event A because B comes after A

Quantum continuity

Assumption that something is true or good because it is natural

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* 10. If someone says, "Vaccinations are unnatural, therefore they are bad for you," what fallacy is being made?

Bio-ontological paradox

Appeal to nature

Argument from ignorance

Circular reasoning

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* 11. In which fallacy is an opponent's argument misrepresented to make it easier to attack?

Slippery slope

False analogy

Strawman fallacy

Cartesian divergence

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* 12. What is the logical fallacy where one states that something is good or bad based on how many people agree with it?

Appeal to popularity

Just world fallacy

Entropic egalitarianism

Hasty generalization

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* 13. What logical fallacy involves comparing two unrelated things as if they are comparable?

Circular reasoning

Permeable teleology

Appeal to nature

False analogy

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* 14. What logical fallacy is made when one says, "All politicians are money-grubbers because the other day another one was caught for fraud"?

Asymmetric correlation

Strawman fallacy

False analogy

Hasty generalization