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Group Exercise #1 Directions: Work together to evaluate the arguments in the following quiz. Each argument contains either a fallacy or a booby trap. ⇒⇒⇒Open the document Common Fallacies and Booby Traps on the Menu to view while taking the quiz! This quiz is pass or fail. Your group must earn a 100% in order to earn 2 bonus points. If your group scores 100% do not close the window until I record the bonus points!!!!!! Questions to consider: 1. Are any of the arguments unsound (that is, do any of them have premises that are just plain false)? 2. Which arguments commit one of the five types of logican fallacies we discussed? 3. Which arguments present possible booby traps for unwary readers? |
