Question

That baseball team won the World Series, so the players must be outrageously talented baseball players.

Which logical fallacy is present in this argument?

a. argument from the negative
b. equivocation
c. faulty analogy
d. division

Answer 1

"Equivocation" is the one logical fallacy among the choices given in the question that is present in this argument. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "b". I hope that this is the answer that has come to your desired help.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. division.

The fallacy of division happens when you think that because one thing is true, the other thing must be true as well - if a whole is true, that its constituent parts must also be true.

In the case above, just because the team won the World Series doesn't mean that all players are equally outrageously talented - not all of them have the same talents.