Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke
Noel Moore – Test Bank
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Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel Moore –
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Sample Test
CH06
Test Bank
1. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“People in Hegins, Pennsylvania, hold an annual pigeon shoot in
order to control the pigeon population and to raise money for the
town. This year, the
,Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
pigeon shoot was disrupted by animal rights activists who tried to
release the pigeons from their cages. I can’t help but think these
animal rights activists are the same people who believe in controlling
the human population through the use of abortion. Yet, they recoil at
a similar means of controlling pigeons.
What rank hypocrisy.”
—Rush
Limbaugh Ad
hominem.
2. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“The San Jose Mercury News made some explosive and
unsubstantiated charges in articles earlier this year suggesting the
Central Intelligence Agency helped start the crack epidemic in the
United States. The CIA has often behaved scandalously over the
years, but no one, including the Mercury News, has produced
credible evidence the CIA organized or took part in drug dealing by
the Contras or that the rebels flooded Los Angeles with drugs to
finance their war against the Sandinistas.”
—New York Times
This may look like a case of misplaced burden of proof fallacious
reasoning: There has been no evidence presented that the CIA did
help start the crack epidemic, therefore it is safe to conclude that
it did not help start it. But there is no such fallacious reasoning
going on, because in fact the burden of proof lies on the Mercury
News in the first place. The affirmative side always gets the
burden of proof in cases like this.
3. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
,Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
point at issue.
“You can’t say that he is uneducated. At what point does someone
become educated?”
Line-drawing fallacy.
4. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the
, Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious
reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
“It really gripes me to see Bill Clinton talking about how cigarette
smoking is a big contributor to public health costs. You want to
know how much you can trust him on that subject? Well, even he
himself admits to smoking cigars!”
Ad hominem (inconsistency).
5. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“The administration’s proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of
acres of federal land as ‘roadless areas’ is a huge mistake, and I’m
against it. The whole point of the proposal—and it will succeed if the
President gets his way
—is to lock the American people out of those
areas.” Straw man.
6. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“I don’t believe we ought to believe the so-called ‘admissions’ of
the Liggett and Myers Company. I think the only reason they’re
now agreeing with tobacco critics about the addictive powers of
nicotine and the nicotine-level manipulation by the company is to
get themselves off the hook and avoid bigger trouble, even if it
means getting the other tobacco
companies into bigger
trouble.” Ad hominem
(circumstantial).
Moore – Test Bank.
Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke
Noel Moore – Test Bank
INSTANT DOWNLOAD WITH ANSWERS
Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel Moore –
Test Bank
Sample Test
CH06
Test Bank
1. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“People in Hegins, Pennsylvania, hold an annual pigeon shoot in
order to control the pigeon population and to raise money for the
town. This year, the
,Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
pigeon shoot was disrupted by animal rights activists who tried to
release the pigeons from their cages. I can’t help but think these
animal rights activists are the same people who believe in controlling
the human population through the use of abortion. Yet, they recoil at
a similar means of controlling pigeons.
What rank hypocrisy.”
—Rush
Limbaugh Ad
hominem.
2. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“The San Jose Mercury News made some explosive and
unsubstantiated charges in articles earlier this year suggesting the
Central Intelligence Agency helped start the crack epidemic in the
United States. The CIA has often behaved scandalously over the
years, but no one, including the Mercury News, has produced
credible evidence the CIA organized or took part in drug dealing by
the Contras or that the rebels flooded Los Angeles with drugs to
finance their war against the Sandinistas.”
—New York Times
This may look like a case of misplaced burden of proof fallacious
reasoning: There has been no evidence presented that the CIA did
help start the crack epidemic, therefore it is safe to conclude that
it did not help start it. But there is no such fallacious reasoning
going on, because in fact the burden of proof lies on the Mercury
News in the first place. The affirmative side always gets the
burden of proof in cases like this.
3. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
,Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
point at issue.
“You can’t say that he is uneducated. At what point does someone
become educated?”
Line-drawing fallacy.
4. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the
, Critical Thinking 12th Edition by Brooke Noel
Moore – Test Bank.
text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious
reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
“It really gripes me to see Bill Clinton talking about how cigarette
smoking is a big contributor to public health costs. You want to
know how much you can trust him on that subject? Well, even he
himself admits to smoking cigars!”
Ad hominem (inconsistency).
5. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“The administration’s proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of
acres of federal land as ‘roadless areas’ is a huge mistake, and I’m
against it. The whole point of the proposal—and it will succeed if the
President gets his way
—is to lock the American people out of those
areas.” Straw man.
6. Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by
naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of
the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief
explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the
point at issue.
“I don’t believe we ought to believe the so-called ‘admissions’ of
the Liggett and Myers Company. I think the only reason they’re
now agreeing with tobacco critics about the addictive powers of
nicotine and the nicotine-level manipulation by the company is to
get themselves off the hook and avoid bigger trouble, even if it
means getting the other tobacco
companies into bigger
trouble.” Ad hominem
(circumstantial).
