Which informal fallacy is illustrated by: 'If we allow students to use calculators on this quiz, next year nobody will know basic arithmetic and our education system will collapse'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Hellend vlak (slippery slope fallacy
- Step 1: A slippery slope argument (hellend vlak) claims that taking a minor first step will inevitably trigger an unstoppable chain of increasingly disastrous events. Step 2. Because no evidence proves the inevitability of the chain reaction, the reasoning is fallacious. Answer: Hellend vlak (slippery slope fallacy. Why not the others: Hasty generalization draws a broad conclusion from too few examples; appeal to tradition claims something is good merely because it is old.
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