2 DEC SS Q.18
- Option : A
- Explanation : Ad populum fallacy involves concluding
a proposition to be true because many or
all people believe it.
Equivocation fallacy involves using an ambiguous term which has more than one sense and hence, may be misinterpreted, and may mislead.
Ad verecundiam fallacy involves the use of authority in argument, or authoritative argument.
Ad ignorantiam fallacy involves assuming a proposition to be true, simply because it has not been proved false; or to be false, simply because it has not been proved true.
