Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2022 (21.02.2023) Shift-I
Which informal fallacy is committed in the following statement: Of course you want to buy XYZ toothpaste. There must be a reason why 90 percent of India brushes with XYZ toothpaste.
ASlippery slope
BHasty generalisation
CArgumentum ad populum ✓ Correct
DStraw man
Correct answer: (C) Argumentum ad populum — The statement commits the argumentum ad populum fallacy, so the answer is argumentum ad populum.
Explanation
★The statement commits the argumentum ad populum fallacy, so the answer is argumentum ad populum.
★This fallacy supports a claim by appealing to the popularity of a view.
★Here the appeal is that 90 percent of India uses the toothpaste.
★It urges you to buy it simply because so many others do.
★Wide use does not by itself prove the product is right for you.
★So relying on the crowd's choice is the argumentum ad populum fallacy.
★Therefore the answer is argumentum ad populum.
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