Identify the fallacies according to their types, e.g. He is out of work. We can\
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Identify the fallacies according to their types, e.g. He is out of work. We can't blame him for getting drunk and crashing his car. Fallacy of Relevance; Appeal to Pity. No, don't pick her for the basketball team. She is a computer nerd, so she probably can't play at all. 1. 2. No experiment has ever proved for sure that there aren't any ghost. So ghosts exist 3. I had a Ford, and it got good mileage. I had a Chevy, and it got good mileage. So, I think I will take up skydiving. 4. My favorite movie star drinks this brand of water, so I am sure it must be the best. 5. The painting is horrible. So the colors in it must be horrible, too. 6. No man will take counsel, but everyone will take money: Therefore, money is better than counsel. 7. Fallaci wrote her : "You are a bad journalist because you are a bad woman" 8. Are you still stealing coins from the parking meter? 9. God is that of which something greater can be conceived, so God must exist. Otherwise, a thing greater than God can be conceived, namely a God who exists. 10. Voting for the state bond issue will not raise taxes because all costs of administering the bonds will be drawn from the lottery fund.Explanation / Answer
1. The language of this argument is attacking the character of the person instead of presenting a sound reason . Hence, this is ad hominem under the fallacy of relevance.
Fallacy of Relevance: Ad hominem.
2. As this argument is claiming a point to be true because it has not been proved wrong instead of providing for strong evidences for it claim. This is a fallacy of 'appeal to ignorance'.
Fallacy of Relevance: Appeal to ignorance.
3. In this argument there is no relationship between the premises and conclusion, the premises speaks something very different from the conclusion. Hence, this is a fallacy of irrelevant conclusion.
Fallacy of relevance: Irrelevant conclusion.
4. In argument the conclusion is based upon the popularity of the movie star and is also based on emotions. Hence, this is a fallacy of ad populum.
Answer. Fallacy of Relevance: Ad populum (Appeal to emotion).