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Dr. Jay
VerLinden
Communication
Department
College of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences
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Argumentation and Critical Thinking Tutorial

INFORMAL FALLACY DEFINITIONS GROUP 1
TEST #2

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Circular reasoning happens when someone makes an argument in which the conclusion is only a restatement of a premise.

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Which of the following fallacies happens when someone concludes that someone must be honest because the people he hangs around with are honest?

Laudatory personality

Guilt by association

Reprehensible personality

Circular reasoning