PHIL 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, Ad Hominem, Modus Tollens
15 Jan 2019
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Section 1: name the fallacy of reasoning at work in each of the following statements: Semantic memory: i don"t see how you can say you"re an ethical person. But some people don"t really take care of their cars. Clearly mr. trudeau was wrong to sign that bill: you can either stay at your current job, or quit and live in poverty, bob is rich, mary is rich, and jane is rich. Bob, mary and jane all live in the same neighbourhood. That must be a wealthy neighbourhood: this new medication is good for you, since it says it supports healthy liver function , free market capitalism is the best economic system. Steven pinker says so himself in his newest book. Section 2: name the bias of reasoning at work for each of the following statements: the fact that they weren"t prepared for that catastrophe is unacceptable.
