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Assessment - Fallacy
Assessment - Fallacy
Direction: Read the given statement/ situation below, analyze what type of logical
fallacy it falls. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.
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7. 13. Which fallacy literally means hitting
Jordan: Dad, why do I have to spend my the person below the belt instead of
summer at Jesus camp? focusing on the issue at hand?
Dad: Because if you don’t, you will
spend your entire summer in your room
with nothing but your Bible!
Misericordiam Ad Baculum
8. “Everyone is switching Samsung
phones, so you should, too.”
Ad Hominem Ad Populum
9. “This medicine has been used by people
since ancient history, therefore it must
be an effective way to treat diseases.”
14. " I know the paper was due today, but
10. my computer died last week, and then the
My roommates said her philosophy computer lab was too noisy, so while I was on
class was hard, and the one I’m in is my way to the library, a cop pulled me over and
hard, too. All philosophy classes must wrote me a ticket, and I was so upset by the
be hard! ticket that I sat by the side of the road crying for
3 hours! You should give me a chance for all the
trouble I’ve been through!”
Argumentum ad Argumentum ad
Premise Fallacy Antiquitatem Populum
Claim Opinion
12. This fallacy is also known as “circular argument” 15. “ No to ABS CBN shutdown!” Eh kamusta
Hasty Fallacy of
Fallacy of Begging the Generalization Equivocation
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