TEST #7: DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF FALLACIES FROM CHAPTER 4 OF THE TEXT

When people argue that the failure to find evidence refuting a claim justifies believing the claim is true, they have committed which of the following fallacies?

Division

ad hominem

Irrelevant Reason

Appeal to Ignorance

Slippery Slope

 

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