The following statement appears in a brochure supporting a law to allow ducks on a lake on a college campus: "In the other states that have allowed ducks on campus, we know of no adverse encounters between ducks and people to date." What type of reasoning does the passage display?A) arguing from ignoranceB) arguing from authorityC) post hoc reasoningD) circular argument

The given excerpt is an example of "arguing from authority" also known as "Appeal to authority." This type of reasoning insists that a particular claim is true because some other authority has proved it.

"In the other states that have allowed ducks on campus, we know of no adverse encounters between ducks and people to date." In this the writer is stating that allowing ducks on campus had no adverse effect because other nations(authority) had also done it.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-10-28T10:43:21+02:00

The type of reasoning which the passage shows from the given statement is:

C) post hoc reasoning

According to the given statement, we can see that there is a statement by the speaker about the outcome of the other states allowing ducks on campus having an adverse effect.

This line of reasoning has to do with the belief that because something happened somewhere else, then it would occur elsewhere. This is a logical fallacy called the post hoc reasoning and that is what the speaker made use of

Therefore, the correct answer is option C