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    Quiz - 2. Methods of Philosophizing

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    This document presents 15 examples of logical fallacies in the form of short scenarios or arguments. The scenarios are meant to test the reader's ability to identify which logical fallacy is being demonstrated in each case. The fallacies represented include argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad misericordiam, argumentum ad hominem, post hoc ergo propter hoc, hasty generalization, red herring, slippery slope, false dilemma, tu quoque, and argumentum ad ignorantiam.

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    This document presents 15 examples of logical fallacies in the form of short scenarios or arguments. The scenarios are meant to test the reader's ability to identify which logical fallacy is being demonstrated in each case. The fallacies represented include argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad misericordiam, argumentum ad hominem, post hoc ergo propter hoc, hasty generalization, red herring, slippery slope, false dilemma, tu quoque, and argumentum ad ignorantiam.

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    Quiz - 2. Methods of Philosophizing

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    QUIZ

    Methods of Philosophizing
    Determine the fallacy
    -AH for Argumentum ad
    Hominem -PH for Post Hoc Ergo
    -AB for Argumentum ad Propter Hoc
    Baculum -HG for Hasty
    -AP for Argumentum ad Generalization
    Populum -RH for Red Herring
    -AM for Argumentum ad -SS for Slippery Slope
    Misericordiam -FD for False Dilemma
    -AV for Argumentum ad -TQ for Tu Quoquoe
    verecundiam -AI for Argumentum ad
    -PP for Petitio Principii Ignorantiam
    You are given 30
    seconds to answer
    each question
    AB

    1. "You know, Professor Smith, I really need to get


    95 in this class. I'd like to stop by during your office
    hours later to discuss my grade. I'll be in your
    building anyway, visiting my father. He's your
    principal, by the way. I'll see you later.“
    AM

    2. Jill: "He'd be a terrible coach for the


    team."
    Bill: "He had his heart set on the job, and it
    would break if he didn't get it."
    Jill: "I guess he'll do an adequate job."
    PH

    3. I had been doing pretty poorly this season. Then


    my girlfriend gave me this neon laces for my spikes
    and I won my next three races. Those laces must be
    good luck...if I keep on wearing them I can't help
    but win!
    AH

    4. My opponent claims that a federally sponsored health


    care program will solve the health care crisis in this
    country. But my opponent is an East-coast liberal without
    a moral spine. So, my opponent is wrong: a federally
    sponsored health care program will not solve the health
    care crisis in this country.
    SS

    5. Since the students have no


    questions concerning the topics
    discussed in class, the students are
    ready for a test.
    AI

    6. People have been praying to God


    for years. No one can prove He
    doesn't exist. Therefore, He exists.
    AM

    7. If we don't adopt that puppy today, they


    might put him down. Do you want to be
    responsible for that?
    PP

    8. I have a right to free speech so I can say


    what I want and you shouldn’t try to stop
    me.
    HG

    9. All my friends are doing a low carb


    diet. That must be the only way to
    lose weight.
    PH

    10. Mary wore her favorite


    necklace today and aced her
    spelling test. That necklace must
    be lucky.
    HG

    11. Global warming doesn’t exist


    because the earth is not getting
    warmer.
    SS

    12. Every time my brother Bill uses


    hairspray, it is an extremely hot day.
    RH

    13. In order to really look at the


    problem of global warming, we must
    first consider how the homeless suffer
    when it is cold.
    FD

    14. You can either stay at


    your current job or quit and
    live in poverty.
    FD

    15. Either we go to war


    or we appear weak.

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