PHIL 2110

Dr. Magada-Ward

1. general definitions of 'fallacy,' 'fallacies of relevance,' 'fallacies of presumption,' and 'fallacies of ambiguity'

2. how to identify the fallacy committed by a given fallacious argument (N.B.: this will constitute about half of your exam)

1. how to identify a given proposition as of A, E, I, or O form

2. how to characterize A, E, I, and O propositions in terms of quantity, quality, and distribution

3. how to use the inferential relationships summarized on the traditional square of opposition -- contraariety, subcontraariety, contradiction, and subalternation -- to maake immediate inferences

4. how to convert, obvert, and form the contrapositive of A, E, I, and O propositions

5. how to do the exercises in V, p. 201

6. which of the four standard form categorical propositions has existential import

7. how to use Venn Diagrams to represent A, E, I, and O propositions

We have discussed seventeen distinct fallacies. For this supplementary assignment, your task is, first, to find three illustrations of particular fallacies (in, e.g., letters to the editor, advertisements, etc.) and, second, to describe how your examples are fallacious.