Chapter 2

Question 1

Appeal to popularity

Answer 1

The fallacy of arguing that a claim must be true merely because a substantial number of people believe it

Question 2

Peer pressure

Answer 2

Group pressure to accept or reject a claim solely on the basis of what ones peers think or do

Question 3

Philosophical skpeticism

Answer 3

The view that we know much less than we think we do or that we know nothing at all

Question 4

What are philosophical skeptics

Answer 4

Those who embrace philosophical skepticism

Question 5

Social relativism

Answer 5

The view that truth is relative to societies

Question 6

Stereotyping

Answer 6

Drawing conclusions about people based merely on their membership in some group

Question 7

Subjective relativism

Answer 7

The idea that truth depends on what someone believes

Question 8

Subjectivist fallacy

Answer 8

Accepting the notion of subjective relativism or using it to try to support a claim

Question 9

World view

Answer 9

A philosophy of life; a set of fundamental ideas that help us to make sense of a wide range of important issues in life. A world view defines for us what exists, what should be, and what we can know.