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For the following pairs of statements, determine whether the first…
For the following pairs of statements, determine whether the first statement is relevant to the second. Pick the BEST answer:
1
(a) In 2004, interest rates were low. (b) In 2004, it was easy to borrow money and buy expensive homes.
a.
Irrelevant
b.
Positively relevant
c.
Negatively relevant
d.
A & C
2
(a) Swimming places no stress on the joints because one’ s weight is supported by water. (b) Swimming is a safe form of physical exercise for people troubled by problems with their joints.
a.
Positively relevant
b.
Irrelevant
c.
Negatively irrelevant
d.
All of the above
3
All professors of political science are socialists, because, first, no political science professors are money-grubbers, and, second, no socialists are money-grubbers.
a.
All S are P, No P are M, Therefore All M are P
b.
All S are M, No P are M, Therefore All S are P
c.
This argument is valid
d.
No S are M, No P are M, Therefore All S are P
e.
In Ven diagram, S circle is shaded in
f.
All S are M, All P are M, Therefore All S are P
g.
No S are M, All P are M, Therefore All S are P
4
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a.
No fallacy
b.
Appeal to emotion
c.
Appeal to popularity
d.
Begging the question
e.
Circular reasoning
f.
C & E
5
People in favor of leaving healthcare to the private sector have suggested that those with preexisting conditions get loans to cover their costs, instead of insurance. But this idea is completely ridiculous! Are you telling me that we’re going to take a young man, suffering from chronic diabetes or muscular dystrophy, struggling every day with his disease, and make him spend his life as an indentured servant to a bank?
a.
slippery slope
b.
no fallacy
c.
circular reasoning
d.
appeal to emotion
e.
A & C
7
My son says he’s ready to get married, but I don’t think so. I’m his mother, and I know him best.
a.
division
b.
appeal to authority
c.
appeal to emotion
d.
hasty generalization
e.
composition
