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Hello, Im working on these fallacies, pls check them 4 me thx!
1. No one, upon encountering a watch lying on a hiking trail would expect that it had simply appeared there without having been made by someone. For the same reason, no one should expect that the universe simply appeared without having been made by some being.
A. appeal to ignorance or false cause

2.On Monday I drank ten rum and Cokes, and the next morning I woke up with a headache. On Wednesday I drank eight gin and Cokes, and the next morning I woke up with a headache. On Friday I drank nine Bourbon and Cokes, and the next morning I woke up with a headache. Obviously, to prevent further headaches I must give up Coke.
A. missing the point or hasty generalization

3. Former Senate Majority leader announced in a press conference that homosexuality is a sin. In view of his expertise in religious matters, we must conclude that homosexuality is a sin, just as he claims.
A. appeal to unqualified authority

2007-10-19 06:29:57 · 5 answers · asked by Akisan 2 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

5 answers

First, these are fallacies of weak induction, not fallacies of relevance.

1. most likely 'weak analogy', otherwise 'no fallacy'. *

2. false cause.**

3. correct, appeal to unqualified authority.

2007-10-19 09:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by mitten 5 · 0 0

1) Argument From Spurious Similarity
2) The argument itself is actually valid (no formal fallacy). To know that it is not true requires knowledge about the world (alcohol) and not a change in logic.
3) Actually, the fallacy here is in the assumption that Homosexuality is a religious matter, a form of begging the question.

2007-10-19 14:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by neil s 7 · 0 0

1. that's a toughy, I'll go with appeal to ignorance, but not really sure.
2. hasty generalization
3. yes, A

EDIT: I checked and an example of false cause is "Before women got the vote, there were no nuclear weapons." So i'll stick with my answer.

http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

2007-10-19 13:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Looks good to me. You could probably find a few more if you delved into it a bit more, for example a non sequitur (B is claimed to follow from A, but does not).

2007-10-19 13:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0 0

looks alright.. and i don't feel like getting out my textbook.. i have a midterm in a week... i need to study this stuff

2007-10-19 13:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by David 5 · 0 0

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