Morker may have won the Teacher of the Year award, but that just means they didn't look very hard for a winner. I know a couple of people who work in Morker's department, and they say he's a real pain to work with. I'd sooner trust my friends than some awards committee." Is there a fallacy here? a. fallacy of biased generalizationb. fallacy of anecdotal evidencec. no fallacy

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Trey

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20 May, 16:16

Morker may have won the Teacher of the Year award, but that just means they didn't look very hard for a winner. I know a couple of people who work in Morker's department, and they say he's a real pain to work with. I'd sooner trust my friends than some awards committee." Is there a fallacy here? a. fallacy of biased generalizationb. fallacy of anecdotal evidencec. no fallacy

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Jon Frazier · Answer 1

B.

Explanation:

Fallacy can be defined as a belief which is based on unreasonable arguments. Or in short, it can be interpreted as reasoning error.

In the given situation, the fallacy that one has is "fallacy of anecdotal evidence."

Fallacy of anecdotal evidence or the anecdotal fallacy is the fallacy of the argument that is based on a group of people's experience or personal experience.

In the example given, the person is mistakenly believing the opinions of a couple of people and his friends only and not on the award committee for awarding Morker as a Teacher of the Year.

So, the correct answer is option B.