Chapter 5•Deductive / Inductive reasoning

•Fallacies•false analogy•Ad hominem

•Circular reasoning•hasty generalization

•slippery slope•Straw figure

________ arguments are persuasive because they are simple and clear and appear similar

to syllogistic structures:

A. categorical syllogism

B. disjunctive syllogism

C. quasilogical argument

D. false analogy

What kind of quasilogical argument is presented below?

“It is a federal felony offense to shoot a pregnant woman if her fetus dies, but it is completely legal to abort a healthy fetus”

A. Transitivity

B. Incompatibility

C. Co-existential

D. Dissociation

What kind of fallacy is the following: “ If we legalize gay marriages, the next thing you know we’ll be able to marry

sheep, dogs and cows”. A. false analogy

B. hasty generalization

C. false cause

D. slippery slope