Unit 4

Useful Items

Unit 4: Informal Fallacies

Fallacies of Relevance

Objectives

  • Identify the fallacy of relevance in a given passage.

Related Videos

  1. Appeals to Pity and Fear
  2. Appeal to the People and Ad Hominem
  3. Straw Man, Accident, and Red Herring

Required Exercises

  1. Exercise 3.2 part I

Supplemental Activities

  1. See the links on the right sidebar.
Exercises Due: See Schedule

Fallacies of Weak Induction

Objectives:

  • Identify the fallacy of weak induction in a given passage.

Related Videos

  1. Appeal to Unqualified Authority
  2. Appeal to Ignorance and Hasty Generalization
  3. False Cause
  4. Slippery Slope and Weak Analogy

Required Exercises

  1. Exercise 3.2 part I

Supplemental Activities

  1. See the links on the right sidebar.
Exercises Due: See Schedule

Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogy

Objectives:

  • Identify the fallacy of presumption, ambiguity, or grammatical analogy in a given passage.

Related Videos

  1. Begging the Question, Complex Question and False Dichotomy
  2. Suppressed Evidence and Equivocation
  3. Composition and Division

Required Exercises

  1. Exercise 3.3 part I

Supplemental Activities

  1. See the links on the right sidebar.
Exercises Due: See Schedule

Unit 4 Test

  • Book Sections Covered: 3.2, 3.3 , and 3.4
  • Identify the fallacy committed in a given passage from a list of relevance fallacies.
  • Identify the fallacy committed in a given passage from a list of fallacies of weak induction.
  • Identify the fallacy committed in a given passage from a list of fallacies of presumption, ambiguity, or grammatical analogy .
Test Date: See Schedule