Answer true or false to the following statements: 1. In the appeal to force, the arguer physically

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Answer "true" or "false" to the following statements:
1. In the appeal to force, the arguer physically attacks the listener.
2. In the direct variety of the appeal to the people, the arguer attempts to create a kind of mob mentality.
3. If an arguer attempts to discredit courtroom testimony or a promise by pointing out that the witness or the person making the promise is a liar, then the arguer commits an argumentum ad hominem (argument against the person) fallacy.
4. The argumentum ad hominem always involves two arguers.
5. In the argumentum ad hominem circumstantial, the circumstances cited by the second arguer are intended precisely to malign the character of the first arguer.
6. In the tu quoque fallacy, the arguer threatens the reader or listener.
7. In the fallacy of accident, a general rule is applied to a specific case where it does not fit.
8. In the straw man fallacy, an arguer often distorts another person's argument by making it look more extreme than it really is.
9. Whenever one suspects that a missing the point fallacy is being committed, one should be able to state the conclusion that is logically implied by the premises.
10. In the red herring fallacy, the arguer attempts to lead the reader or listener off the track.
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A Concise Introduction to Logic

ISBN: 978-1305958098

13th edition

Authors: Patrick J. Hurley, Lori Watson

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