CJS 225 Wk 4 – Concept Check

1. Question 1

Identify the type of generalization fallacy that appears in the following passage:

Overheard: “You don’t think this country is in a slump? Get real. George here was laid off before Memorial Day, and Howie’s wife and a whole bunch of other people lost their jobs when the Safeway over on Jeffrey closed down. These are tough times.”

Accident

Hasty generalization

Exceptional cases

2. Question 2

Identify the type of fallacy that appears in the following passage: “Look, we make people buy liability car insurance, so there’s no reason to complain about making people buy liability insurance when they buy a gun.”

Weak analogy

Slippery slope

Mistaken appeal to authority

3. Question 3

Identify the type of fallacy that appears in the following passage: Evil spirits are making him sick.

Slippery slope

Hasty generalization

Untestable explanation

4. Question 4

Identify the type of fallacy that appears in the following passage: It was a mistake giving the Oscar to Daniel Day-Lewis. A survey the very next day showed more people thought Ben Affleck deserved it.

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5. Question 5

Identify the type of fallacy that appears in the following passage: You start talking to these door-to-door missionaries, before you can blink they will be dragging you off to their church.”

Slippery slope

Hasty generalization

Weak analogy

6. Question 6

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language that appear in the following passage: If you are rich, then your car is something like a Mercedes or a Bentley. Oh! Is that your Bentley, you rich old thing, you?

The undistributed middle

Denying the antecedent

Affirming the consequent

7. Question 7

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language that appear in the following passage:

Mark: Jessica got low grades in this semester due to the recent demise of her father.

Judy: Oh, so now you’re trying to excuse her low grades?

Confusing explanations with excuses

Confusing contraries and contradictories

Consistency and inconsistency

8. Question 8

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language that appear in the following passage: Of course, the girl was carrying binoculars! The witness said he saw her with binoculars.

Miscalculating probabilities

Amphiboly

Composition

9. Question 9

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language that appear in the following passage: Professor Stooler wants to conserve clean air and water. If that doesn’t make him a Conservative, I don’t know what does.

Division

Confusing explanations with excuses

Equivocation

10. Question 10

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language that appear in the following passage: This institution is well known for its liberal thinkers. Therefore, each person in this institution is a liberal thinker.

Composition

Division

Confusing contraries and contradictories

11. Question 11

Using Exercise 9-12 on page 276 of your text as an example, determine the truth value of the second claim (b) based on that given for the first claim (a).

1. Every editorial that Smathers has written has been one in which he attacks the city council. (True)
2. At least one of the editorials that has not attacked the city council was not written by Smathers.
3. T

True

2. F

False

12. Question 12

Using Exercise 9-12 on page 276 of your text as an example, determine the truth value of the second claim (b) based on that given for the first claim (a).

1. Some non-Xs are not Ys. (False)
2. No Xs are non-Ys.
3. T

True

2. F

False

13. Question 13

Using Exercise 9-12 on page 276 of your text as an example, determine the truth value of the second claim (b) based on that given for the first claim (a).

1. No Xs are non-Ys. (True)
2. Some Xs are Ys.
3. T

True

2. F

False

14. Question 14

Using Exercise 9-12 on page 276 of your text as an example, determine the truth value of the second claim (b) based on that given for the first claim (a).

1. Some non-Xs are not Ys. (False)
2. No Xs are non-Ys.
3. T

True

2. F

False

15. Question 15

Using Exercise 9-12 on page 276 of your text as an example, determine the truth value of the second claim (b) based on that given for the first claim (a).

1. British comedies are always more sophisticated than American comedies. (False)
2. Some comedies that are no more sophisticated than American comedies come from Britain.
3. T

True

2. F

False