Match each example to the name of the fallacy: What makes the sky blue? The sky
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Match each example to the name of the fallacy:
What makes the sky blue? The sky is blue, because it is perceived to be blue. Answer 1Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacy The prosecution asks the defendant: "So, when did you stop beating your children?" Answer 2Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacy This new candidate for president is a jerk. He recently made racist and xenophobic claims. So, we shouldn't listen to him when he argues that more public money should be withdrawn from pubic education. Answer 3Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacy The evidence looks convincing, I grant you that. But the knife used to murder the victim is not rare, and anyone could have used it. The defendant's prints are on the knife, but it was his, and he lost it. He says he was a movie at the time of the murder, and doesn't remember the name of the movie. But lots of us forget names easily. He returned to the scene of the crime at 3 am. The prosecution says he came back to get his knife, but if he would never have left without it, and if he were guilty he would have left town. The defendant was heard by his neighbor fighting with his father earlier in the evening and heard him shout, "I'm going to kill you." But people say that all the time, but do not mean it. Answer 4Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacy Carpenters use planes to shave off uneven parts of a door: so it opens and closes more easily. A Cessna is a type of plane that wealthy business people sometimes use to travel between cities. Planes make a lot of noise when they take off, and so carpenters must live in rural areas on the edge of town. Answer 5Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacy Either all nations will reduce their reliance on coal energy or they will expand their use of coal energy. It is certain that coal energy consumption cannot be reduced, so it must be true that coal energy use will expand and grow. Answer 6Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacy We need to have capital punishment, because if we don't: people will get away with murder. No one will be deterred from murdering those they dislike. No one will be safe in the streets, in their homes, or in their cars. Not only that, without capital punishment, society will descend into chaos. Answer 7Choose...complex questionself-sealing fallacyfalse dilemmabegs the questionSlippery slope fallacyequivocationAd hominum fallacyExplanation / Answer
Equivocation fallacy Complex question fallacy Ad hominium fallacy Slippery Slope fallacy False delimma self sealing fallacy Begs the question