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Hasty generalization
EX: 1st person you meet is crackhead, therefore most people in that area are crackheads |
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Affirming the consequent
EX: If Bob goes to the mall he spends money. Bob spent money. Therefore Bob went to the mall. |
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Argumentum ad Hominem
"Arguement to the man" |
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| personal attack on a person's character |
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Argumentum ad Bacculum
Appeal "To the club" |
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Use fear/threats to induce belief
EX: What if you're wrong? (Religion) |
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Argumentum ad Populum
Appeal to the people |
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Direct& Indirect
EX:Bandwagon |
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Argumentum ad verecundiam
Appeal to authority (irrelevant) |
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Legitimate Authority?
EX: Jordans, Religion, Politics |
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Argumentum ad Ignoratiam
Appeal to Ignorance |
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Something hasn't been proven false, so it's true
EX: Bigfoot |
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Argumentum ad Silentio
No evidence of X, so X is false or doesn't exist. |
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc
After this, therefore because of this |
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Shirt color has to do with winning team
EX: salary, diets, lottery, one causes another |
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Onus Probandi
Misplaced burden of truth |
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Dicto simpliciler
Fallacy of accident |
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Sweeping generalization
EX: Bearded lady, Muslims |
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Petitio Principii
Begging the Question: Request for the Source |
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Assuming what is proved by
a)leaving something out
b) restating possibly false premise as conclusion
c)arguing in a circle
EX: abortion |
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Ignoratio Elenchi
Missing the point |
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Points to conclusion but a different one is reached.
EX: Outlandish laws |
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Ad Misericordiam
Appeal to Pity |
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| EX: Social security, medicare, babies, elderly, sickness, etc. |
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Argumentum ad Antiquitatem
Appeal to Tradition |
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Something must stay the same because it has always been so.
EX: Fiddler on the Roof |
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Argumentum ad Novitam
Appeal to Novelty |
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An idea is better because it is new.
EX: Fads, crazes |
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Argumentum ad Logicam
Fallacist's Fallacy |
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| Concluding that someone's point is mistake because a fallacy was committed |
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Argumentum ad Nauseum
Appeal to Disgust |
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| Repeating a point over and over doesn't make it true/false. |
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| The fact that someone can talk a lot and mention countless facts does not make them right |
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Argumentum ad Consequentium
Appeal to Consequences |
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Result so good/bad that some belief must be true/false.
EX: MLM scams |
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