Fallacies Presumption

Question 1

Complex Question

Answer 1

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

Question 2

False Causes

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Begging the Question

Answer 3

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

1. The conclusion of the argument is merely a restatement of the premise.
2. (circular argument) In a chain of arguments,the conclusion of the last argument is a premises of the first .
3. ( question -begging epithet) The premises of an argument uses terms that assume what is asserted in the conclusion .

Question 4

Suppressed Evidence

Answer 4

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

Question 5

False Dichotomy

Answer 5

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