PHIL 447 Week 4 Quiz Latest

Question 1. Question : (TCOs 2, 7, and 9) In Chapter 6, we learned to recognize how fallacies of relevance are used to distract the audience from the real issue. Consider the following example.

“We are all sane, rational people here. As sane, rational people, you can clearly see beyond the hype and hyperbole of my opponent. I am confident that intelligent people like you will see that my tax policy will do far more for our country than his ever could.”

The fallacy of relevance trying to get the audience on the speaker’s side is

argument from outrage.
nationalism.
appeal to popularity.
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Question 2. Question : (TCOs 2, 7, and 9) In Chapter 6, we learned to recognize how fallacies of relevance are used to distract the audience from the real issue. Consider the following example.

“The healthcare system in America is just a way to steal good people’s hard-earned money. Everyone knows that.”

The fallacy of relevance used is

red herring.
argument from outrage.
appeal to popularity.
appeal to common practice.

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Question 3. Question : (TCOs 7 and 9) In Chapter 7, we learned to recognize the certain fallacies of defective induction. Consider the following example.

“The trouble with impeaching the president is this: Going after every person who occupies the office will take up everyone’s time, and the government will never get anything else done.”

The fallacy of defective induction which assumes that once we begin a policy we have to take it to an irrational extreme is

argument from envy.
perfectionist fallacy.
strawman.
misplacing the burden of proof.

Question 4. Question : (TCOs 7 and 9) In Chapter 6, we learned to recognize how fallacies of relevance are used to distract the audience from the real issue. Consider the following example.

“If cigarettes aren’t bad for you, then how come it’s so hard on your health to smoke?”

The fallacy of relevance assuming the truth without offering proof is

circumstantial ad hominem.
genetic fallacy.
begging the question.
strawman.