In a speech to the neighborhood watch group, Mr. Simmons made the following statement:"If you see someone running down the sidewalk in our neighborhood and you don't recognize that person, you can assume that person has committed some type of crime. You must act immediately. Do not hesitate for a second. Call 911." Some members of the audience recognized this statement as an example ofa. a causal fallacy. b. causal reasoning. c. deductive reasoning. d. a bandwagon fallacy.

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Courtney

24 August, 08:02

In a speech to the neighborhood watch group, Mr. Simmons made the following statement:"If you see someone running down the sidewalk in our neighborhood and you don't recognize that person, you can assume that person has committed some type of crime. You must act immediately. Do not hesitate for a second. Call 911." Some members of the audience recognized this statement as an example ofa. a causal fallacy. b. causal reasoning. c. deductive reasoning. d. a bandwagon fallacy.

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Alison Hardin · Answer 1

The correct answer would be option A, Casual Fallacy.

Explanation:

In simple words, Fallacy is a mistaken belief. When someone makes a belief about something over an unsound argument, this is called Fallacy.

Casual Fallacy is the type of fallacy in which it is believed that there is a simple cause of an outcome, whereas in reality, the outcome could have caused by number of other factors.

Like in this example, Mr. Simmons tells audience in the neighborhood speech that if they see a person in their town whom they don't recognize, then at once call 911 and report that person. This is the casual fallacy in which the seeing of an unknown person is considered a person who can commit a crime. Whereas there could be a lot other reasons for which that person visited that area.