Question

"The san diego chargers are the worst team in the NFL" "Yeah? And your face is ugly!" This statement is a fallacy of...

A. Red Herring

B. Ad Hominem

C. Bandwagoning

D. None of the above

We should disregard Steven Bryan's ideas concerning muscle cars because Steven Bryan is an idiot. This statement is an example of:

A. Begging the question

B. Bandwagoning

C. An overgeneralization

D. An ad hominem argument

According to Aristotle, Ethos means:

A. Appeal to reason

B. Appeal to emotion

C. Ethical appeal to credibility

D. Ethical appeal to persuasion.

Answer 1

* In this statement instead of instead of addressing the topic, the shift is made to the face of the individual who could be the speaker of the topic stated, thus the topic of discussion has been distracted,hence this is a fallacy of,

Answer. Option A. Red Herring.

* In this statement the credibility of speaker has been attacked instead of discussing the real issue or in other words the the personality of the opponent is attacked inorder to undermine the topic that has been presented, hence, this is an:

Answer. Option D. An ad hominem argument.

* According to Aristotle, Ethos means to convince the audience by the character or credibility of the author or the speaker. Appeal to reason means logos, and appeal to emotions means pathos.

Answer. Option C. Ethical appeal to credibility.