Use your knowledge of formal and informal fallacies to
Last updated: 4/19/2023
Use your knowledge of formal and informal fallacies to determine which of the following statements are true Check all that apply There are two distinct types of fallacies Some cogent arguments commit a fallacy There are two distinct ways that an argument may be defective 1 The argument may have one or more false premises and 2 the argument may commit a fallacy All defective arguments have false premises Only deductive arguments may commit a formal fallacy 00 0 0 All fallacious deductive arguments are unsound Some fallacies try to distract a listener from the rational implications of an argument by making pejorative claims about the argument s author C M B Fallacies that arise because the arguer tries to appeal to a listener s dispositions or prejudices rather than appealing to rational inference are formal fallacies You can detect some fallacies merely by examining an argument s form Some fallacious deductive arguments are cogent Some unsound arguments neither contain false premises nor commit a fallacy Some fallacious arguments also have false premises If an inductive argument commits a fallacy then the fallacy must be an informal fallacy Fallacies involve defective patterns of reasoning that preclude an argument s conclusion from following from its premises Fallacious arguments always have false premises