Which of the Following Commits the Fallacy of Popular Appeal

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following commits the fallacy of popular appeal?

• A) an argument that we should believe that evolutionary theory is correct on the grounds that almost all biologists believe it
• B) an argument that you should vote for Smith because everyone else is going to vote for him
• C) an argument that we should believe that the Earth is flat on the grounds that the Earth certainly does not look round when you are standing on it
• D) All of these answers describe arguments that commit the fallacy of popular appeal.

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