SSH 105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tu Quoque, Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Thomas Hart

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Part 5 fallacies (1) the fallacy in this passage is: slippery slope (1 mark) Explanation: this is because a step lead to many other inevitably negative steps. It kept going from abortion to the shortage of women. (2 mark) (2) the fallacy in this passage is: hasty generalization (1 mark) Explanation: he targeted the whole company name yet he only tried out 1 of the companies models. Therefor he has drawn a conclusion too small a sample of a group. (2 mark) (3) the fallacy in this passage is: tu quoque (1 mark) Explanation: clearly al gore is a hypocrite in this situation he went against everything he said. This is the fallacy of hypocrisy otherwise known as tu quoque. (2 mark) Part 3 short answers: we shouldn"t doubt it because it"s reasonable to accept the evidence provided by personal experience only if there"s no good reason to doubt it.