Description
informal fallacies
Argumentative passages
categorical proportion
categorical syllogism.

Explanation & Answer

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Bowie State University
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of History & Government
Phil 103: Principles of Reasoning (or Logic)
2ND EXAMINATION (30%)
SPRING 2020 (May 1, 2020)
INSTRUCTIONS: Please access and take the time to complete this 2nd Exam. Upon
completion, submit it via this designated space on Friday, May 1, 2020 @ 11:59 p.m.
Name: _________________________________
1) Chapter 3: Informal Fallacies
A) Clearly Identify or Name the Specific Informal Fallacy or Fallacies
Committed in any of the following 5 Argumentative Passages (5%):
i) Mr. Lovejoy has argued in support of curriculum reform in higher education. But
he should not be doing that; after all, he does not have a high school diploma and
apparently does not know what he is talking about. “Know nothing” people like
him should not be talking to this kind of audience!
Formal Fallacies
ii) Whoever thrusts a knife into another person should be arrested and sent to jail.
But surgeons do use knife to cut people up during surgery. Thus, surgeons should
be arrested and sent to jail for thrusting knives into people.
Informal Fallacies
iii) Since no one ha...
