Question

1. The usage of a word in two changed senses in an argument is considered the fallacy of:

Select one:

a. Equivocation

b. Call to feeling

c. Call to custom

d. Call to the individual

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2. Declining a statement by disapproving the individual who creates it rather than the assertion itself falls under the fallacy of:

Select one:

a. Separation

b. Composition

c. Call to the person

d. Call to feeling

Answer 1

Answer 1.

The usage of a word in two changed senses in an argument is considered the fallacy of:

The correct option is “a. Equivocation”.

Equivocation can be understood as referring or calling two thing which are different from each other by the same name during an argument.

Answer 2.

Declining a statement by disapproving the individual who creates it rather than the assertion itself falls under the fallacy of:

The correct option is “c. Call to the person”.

In fallacy of call to the person statement is disapproved and declined by means of criticizing the person rather than the assertion.