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Six 'critical thinking' style questions are presented along with solutions and explanations of the solutions. The questions concern the evaluation of arguments and identification of logical fallacies.

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This solution presents six critical thinking questions that relate to evaluating arguments and identifying logical fallacies and explains the solutions to these questions.

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THE LOGICAL FALLACIES:

QUESTIONS:

(i) Does the argument commit any of the fallacies below? (Answer Yes or No) If your answer is "Yes", name the fallacy concerned.

(The relevant fallacies are: Ad hominem; Irrelevant Appeal to Authority; Irrelevant Appeal to Popular Opinion; Irrelevant Appeal to Emotion; Argument from Ignorance; Fallacy of Ambiguity; False Dilemma; Straw Man; Begging the Question)

(ii) To what extent do the premises of the argument support its conclusion? Select your answer from the following:

• Valid. (= The argument is deductively valid)
• Strong. (= The argument is non-deductively strong)
• Weak. (= The argument is non-deductively weak, or the
premises do not support the conclusion at all)

ARGUMENTS

(a) If the evil and duplicitous ex-Haitian leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, becomes a South African citizen, then our relations with Haiti will sour. If he does not become a citizen then our relations with the US will sour. We therefore know that due to the Haitian affair, our relations are ...

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