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Which of the following are fallacies of relevance? equivocation and division hasty generalization and false analogy faulty analogy and non sequitur popular appeal and personal attack

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Answer: D. Popular appeal and personal attack.

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Answer: popular appeal and personal attack.

Fallacies of relevance fail to provide relevant and sufficient reasons to support its conclusion. Popular appeal (argumentum ad populum) believes a statement is true when the majority believes it is true. This is a fallacy of relevance because the truth of a statement is solely based upon the circumstances whether or not everyone regards it as true or not instead of focusing on the statement itself.

On the other hand, personal attack (argumentum ad hominem) makes the person giving the statement appear bad in order to discredit their statements. This fallacy attempts to steer away the conversation into another issue and therefore making its conclusion an invalid one.

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