CRITIQUE FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Rebuttal. Answer: Certain conditions or limitations placed upon
the claim. These limitations acknowledge
that objections may be raised to your
argument and attempts to answer them.
◉ Either/Or Fallacy (False Dilemma). Answer: Stating a premise that
does not take into
account all the alternatives. This fallacy
denies that there is any intermediate
possibility between two extremes.
[Deductive]
◉ Equivocation. Answer: Deliberate or accidental misuse of two or
more meanings of the same word. In
syllogistic reasoning, this fallacy introduces a
fourth term, creating an invalid conclusion.
,[Deductive]
◉ Hypothesis Contrary to Fact. Answer: A proposition that is not
true is used as the
basis for a deductive argument. [Deductive]
◉ Non Sequitur (Illicit Process). Answer: The conclusion lacks a
connection to the
premises, or the conclusion simply "does not
follow" from the evidence given. [Deductive]
◉ Faulty Analogy. Answer: Two subjects are compared. Although
they
share certain similarities, their differences
may be important enough to destroy the value
of the comparison. [Inductive]
◉ Faulty Casual Generalizations. Answer: When arguing from effect
to cause, fallacies can
occur (1) when we assign an inadequate cause; (2)
when we fail to allow for the possibility of more
than one cause for an effect. When arguing from
cause to effect, fallacies occur (1) when we fail to
, establish that a potential cause could and did
operate in a particular situation; (2) when we fail to
take into account that the same cause could produce
diverse effects. [Inductive]
◉ Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. Answer: "After this, therefore because
of this." This
fallacy arises from the assumption that
because an event happened after another one,
there is a causal relationship. [Inductive]
◉ Hasty Generalization. Answer: This fallacy occurs when we jump
to conclusions.
Evidence can be inadequate in many ways: particulars
may be irrelevant, unrepresentative, or insufficient
(too few in number).When authority is used fault
can arise when the authority is biased, incompetent,
outmoded, misrepresented, inaccurately quoted, or
quoted out of context.[Inductive]
◉ Card Stacking (Special Pleading). Answer: This fallacy arises when
certain evidence,