Exam 7: Induction Fallacies

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "There's no unemployment in this country.I had no problem finding a job."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "John,my Republican friend,never leaves a tip.Why is it Republicans are so selfish?'

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "A Prairie Home Companion" must be a pretty popular radio program around here.About half my friends have copies of the book the program's host recently published.

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Generally speaking,people with college degrees earn more than people who drop out of high school.Therefore you will earn more if you buy one of our degrees.We are offering steep discounts this week."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "He's a great boxer.He will become an excellent dancer."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. The photographs from the first roll of that new Kodak film were really good.I'll tell you,that film is good stuff.

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Sparky has been much friskier since I've been feeding him raw meat.It's good for him."

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. Sure,driving after you've been drinking can get you into trouble with the law,but if you're careful I don't think there's anything wrong with it.After all,everyone does it,right?

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "In this country anyone can become a billionaire.Take Mitt Romney,for an example."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Fox News is totally biased.If you don't believe it,try listening to the Sean Hannity program."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Attendance is up today.They must think there is a test."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "First they bailed out AIG because it was "too big to fail." Next time it will be the medium-sized banks.Then us taxpayers will foot the bill for every last business failure and they won't be able to print enough money to keep up with it all."

"They say Japanese carmakers put out the best cars in the world,all things considered.But that can't be right-the Toyota I bought last year had to be returned to the shop five times!" The sample is

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "You start talking to these door-to-door missionaries,before you can blink they will be dragging you off to their church."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Americans generally think teachers should be paid more.This was demonstrated in a large survey done in Boston."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Look,we make people buy liability car insurance,so there's reason to complain about making people buy liability insurance when they buy a gun."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. I went into that office supply store on Jackson Avenue the other day,and I can tell you that I'm not ever going back.They're the rudest people I've ever seen in a retail business.The guy who waited on me griped constantly about it being inventory time,and he was of no help at all in finding what I wanted to buy.

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "He says health care in England stinks.He should know.He speaks with an English accent."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "We can't close the farmers' market.It's a tradition in this town."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "My cousin has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from his service in Afghanistan.We're going to have huge numbers of mentally troubled soldiers coming home from this war."