Question

Read the pair of items and decide what type of error in reasoning it illustrates. Then click on the name of the logical fallacy illustrated.

Answer 1

My neighbor Fred didn’t support our invasion of Iraq. He obviously doesn’t care if the terrorists attack us again.
A local association wants to establish a halfway house for former mental patients in our neighborhood. But the neighbors oppose the idea; they say they don’t want dangerous psychopaths roaming our streets.
a. Circular reasoning (a statement repeats itself rather than providing a real supporting reason to back up an argument)
b. Personal attack (ignores the issue under discussion and concentrates instead on the character of the opponent)
c. Straw man (an argument is made by claiming an opponent holds an extreme position and then opposing that extreme position)

Answer 2

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