21. McLuhan emphasizes the importance of understanding media’s effects because:

An appeal to ignorance assumes that a lack of evidence proves a claim false.

What is the primary difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?

What type of fallacy occurs when the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises?

The fallacy of composition assumes what is true of the parts must be true of the whole.

An inductive argument aims to provide conclusive support for its conclusion.

What does it mean to deny the antecedent?

The slippery slope fallacy suggests that:

Categorical logic uses symbols like “∴” to denote a conclusion.

In a valid deductive argument, the truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion.