Asked by Tara
IS this sentence a fallacy? If so what type?
If you start out with a bottle of beer a day and then go to a glass or two of wine in the weekends, you're well on your way to becoming a hopeless drunk.
If you start out with a bottle of beer a day and then go to a glass or two of wine in the weekends, you're well on your way to becoming a hopeless drunk.
Answers
Answered by
Ms. Sue
The last phrase uses a loaded word.
Does the last clause necessarily follow from the first clause?
Which fallacy do you think this is?
Does the last clause necessarily follow from the first clause?
Which fallacy do you think this is?
Answered by
Tara
I think it may be either Hasty generalization or Post Hoc, but I'm not sure.
Answered by
Ms. Sue
I think it's an example of hasty generalization.
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/hasty.htm
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/post-hoc.html
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/hasty.htm
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/post-hoc.html
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