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What kind of logical fallacy appears in this passage?
In The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa is a terrible and frightening person. We know this because all of the members of his family react to him with fear and horror.
ad hominem attack
slippery slope
circular argument
appeal to authority
What kind of logical fallacy appears in this passage?
In The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa is a terrible and frightening person. We know this because all of the members of his family react to him with fear and horror.
ad hominem attack
slippery slope
circular argument
appeal to authority
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GPT-4o mini
The logical fallacy present in the passage is a **circular argument**. This is because the claim that Gregor Samsa is a terrible and frightening person is supported by the premise that his family reacts to him with fear and horror, which essentially reiterates the original claim rather than providing independent evidence.