Author Question: What is an appeal to ignorance? a. A valid deductive argument that does not rely on empirical ... (Read 147 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

What is an appeal to ignorance?

a. A valid deductive argument that does not rely on empirical data
b. Arguing that a claim is true because we have no evidence proving otherwise
c. Arguing that a claim is true because we have substantial evidence proving it
d. An invalid deductive rule

Question 2

An ad hominem argument is:

a. An attack on the opponent rather than the opponents argument
b. An attack on the opponents argument, rather than the opponent
c. An argument which avoids any hint of name calling
d. An argument which avoids casting doubt on an opponents character