Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'A mouse is an animal. Therefore, a large mouse is a large animal.' This commits which fallacy?
AStraw man
BSlippery slope
CEquivocation ✓ Correct
DFallacy of composition
Correct answer: (C) Equivocation — This is the fallacy of equivocation, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★This is the fallacy of equivocation, so that is the answer.
★The word 'large' is used in two different senses in the argument.
★'Large' for a mouse is measured against mice, not against all animals.
★The inference trades on this shift in the meaning of 'large'.
★Such a change in a term's meaning is equivocation.
★So the answer is equivocation.
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