3.3 (Fallacies of Weak Induction)

Question 1

ad Verecundiam

Answer 1

Appeal to Unqualified Authority: occurs when the cited authority or witness lacks credibility

Question 2

Ad ignorantiam

Answer 2

Appeal to ignorance: when the premises of an argument state nothing has been proved one way or the other about something, and the conclusion then makes a definite assertion about that thing

Question 3

Converse accident

Answer 3

AKA Hasty Generalization: occurs when there is a reasonable likelihood that the sample is not representative of the group (sample is too small or not randomly selected).

Question 4

False cause

Answer 4

occurs whenever the link between premises and conclusion depends on some imagined causal connection that probably doesn’t exist.

Question 5

Slippery Slope

Answer 5

a variety of the false cause in which the conclusion of an argument rests on an alleged chain reaction and there is not sufficient reason o think that the chain reaction will actually take place.

Question 6

Weak Analogy

Answer 6

is committed when the analogy is not strong enough to support the conclusion that is drawn.