True/False Use your knowledge of formal and informal fallacies to determine which of the following statements are true. Check all that apply.
Some fallacious deductive arguments are valid.
Informal fallacies never occur in deductive arguments.
Arguments that commit a formal fallacy can sometimes be made into valid arguments by rearranging the letters that are used in the argument's form.
There are multiple distinct types of informal fallacies.
Some defective arguments do not have false premises.
All defective arguments commit a fallacy.
Some fallacious deductive arguments are sound.
To detect an informal fallacy, you must know something about key content words in the argument.
Fallacies that try to distract a listener from the rational implications of an argument by making pejorative claims about the argument's author are formal fallacies.
Some uncogent arguments neither contain false premises nor commit a fallacy.
Formal fallacies never occur in inductive arguments.
Not all fallacious arguments have false premises.
Any argument with false premises is a fallacious argument.
You never need to examine content words when inspecting arguments for informal fallacies.
Fallacious arguments never have false premises.