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Match each fallacy to its flaw

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Petitio principii
    Right
    Assumes as evidence the point to be proved
  2. Left
    Ignoratio elenchi
    Right
    Argues past the real point at issue
  3. Left
    Post hoc
    Right
    Treats mere sequence as proof of cause
  4. Left
    Ambiguous middle
    Right
    One word in two senses, so four terms
  5. Left
    Ad hominem
    Right
    Shows only that the opponent must agree
  6. Left
    Illicit process
    Right
    Distributes a term the premises did not
Instructions
Tap a fallacy, then tap the flaw that names what has gone wrong in it.

Explanation

_Source: Carveth Read, Logic: Deductive and Inductive (1914, public domain), Fallacies, section 1_
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