Irrelevant statements weaken an argument because they ________
A. are not factual
B. are controversial
C. cannot be warranted
D. do not relate to the conclusion
D
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. People don't have to go to college to make a lot of money. Look at Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group. He's a billionaire, yet he was a terrible student, and he dropped out of school when he was sixteen
A) False dichotomy. B) Hasty generalization. C) Argument against the person, circumstantial. D) No fallacy. E) Weak analogy.
"Most of those who knowingly and needlessly endanger their lives are not fully rational. Thus Zoron the motorcycle racer is not fully rational, because Zoron is knowingly and unnecessarily endangering his life" is an example of
A) enumerative induction B) statistical syllogism C) causal argument D) analogy
A successful comparative inference will satisfy five criteria, the one called simplicity refers to is the ________
(a) measure of the relative absence of complexity of the comparison (b) extent to which a comparison captures a greater number of central or essential features (c) degree of knowledge the listener has about the object to which the unknown is being compared (d) is the capacity to project consequences that have the potential to be shown to be false, inapplicable, or unacceptable (e) is the capacity to suggest consequences that go beyond those mentioned in the initial comparison
For Aristotle, happiness is a quality of life
A) for the here and now B) for the hereafter C) unattainable by Greeks D) unattainable by anyone