Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'My mother must be visiting, since there is a Mercedes parked outside.' What kind of fallacy does this indicate?
AFallacy of deviation ✓ Correct
BFallacy of contradiction
CFallacy of unestablishment
DFallacy of rebuttal
Correct answer: (A) Fallacy of deviation — This is a fallacy of deviation, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★This is a fallacy of deviation, so that is the answer.
★The reason, a parked Mercedes, deviates from the conclusion about the mother.
★A car outside does not point specifically to the mother's visit.
★Many people could own or park a Mercedes there.
★The reasoning strays from a relevant ground to an unrelated clue.
★So the answer is the fallacy of deviation.
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