A loaded question is a fallacy involving an unwarranted assumption.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
A loaded question is a question that requires an answer that presumes some unestablished claim. Such claims are usually negative. For instance, if I ask you if you ever intend to stop cheating on your critical thinking exam, a "yes" or "no" answer would confirm the unwarranted assumption that you have been cheating on the exams.
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How is the functionality of artifacts often framed?
a. In terms of teleological explanation c. In terms of cosmological explanation b. In terms of deontological explanation d. In terms of ontological explanation
According to Foot, the following circumstances can affect our attributions of virtue:
a. whether a person is tempted. b. whether a person is hungry. c. the time of day. d. "whether a person is tempted" and "whether a person is hungry." e. "whether a person is hungry" and "the time of day."
Which of the following is true? (Use your commonsense knowledge of the world.)
A. Cloudy days are correlated with rainy days, and rainy days are correlated with cloudy days B. Cloudy days are correlated with rainy days, but rainy days are not correlated with cloudy days C. Rainy days are correlated with cloudy days, but cloudy days are not correlated with rainy days D. None of the above
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. All political operatives are disingenuous characters and all clever manipulators are disingenuous characters. Thus, all political operatives are clever manipulators
A) This argument contains a fallacy of weak induction. B) This argument contains no fallacy. C) This argument contains a formal fallacy. D) This argument contains a fallacy of ambiguity. E) This argument contains a fallacy of relevance.