Fallacies of Presumtion

Question 1

Complex Question

Answer 1

A fallacious complex question provides the basis for a conclusion based on the answer to the assumed question . The question must “loaded that is , the answer to the assumed question places the answerer in bad in bad light -answer to the assumed question is false.

Question 2

False Cause

Answer 2

An argument commits the fallacy of false cause when it identifies something as a cause which is not a cause.

Question 3

Begging the Question
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Answer 3

An argument begs the question if it assumes as a premise what it sets out to prove as it conclusion .

1. The Conclusion of argument is merely a restatement of the premise.
2. (circular argument) In Chain of argument , the conclusion of last argument is a premises of the first.
3. (Epithet) The premise of an argument uses terms that assume what is asserted in the conclusion.

Question 4

Accident

Answer 4

The fallacy of accident occurs when an argument appeals to a general claim and either (1) The general claim to which the argument appeals is false or (2) a general principle that holds in most cases is applied in a case in which it does not apply.

Question 5

Converse Accident

hasty generalization

Answer 5

An argument commits the fallacy of converse accident when a general - whether universal or statistical- os reached on the basic of insufficient evidence ,particular when the sample on which the generalization in based is atypical.

Question 6

Suppressed Evidence

Answer 6

An argument commits the fallacy of suppressed evidence if it ignores evidences that is contrary to the conclusion it depends.

Question 7

False Dichotomy

Answer 7

A disjunctive syllogism commits the fallacy of false dichotomy if its disjunctive premise is false.