The Tendency to Believe Claims Because They Seem True or Because

question 263

Multiple Choice

The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or because it would be nice if they were true is called

• A) uncritical acceptance.
• B) the confirmation bias.
• C) "cherry picking."
• D) falsification.

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Definitions:

Fallacy

A fault in logical judgment that causes an argument to be invalid or not based on sound reasoning.

Denying Antecedent

A logical fallacy involving the incorrect assumption that the falsehood of a premise invalidates the conclusion, particularly in conditional reasoning.

Hypothetical Syllogism

A logical argument involving two conditional statements and a conclusion that logically follows from them.

Formalize

The act of expressing an idea, argument, or process in a precise, often mathematical or logical, form.