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Logic
Phil 101
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 3
05/19/2014

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Term
Appeal to Authority
Definition
Authority on X
Talks about Y
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Appeal to People
Definition
Everyone does/believes X
X is true
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Appeal to Force
Definition
Do this or Else (threats)
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Appeal to Pity
Definition
overwhelming sympathy
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Appeal to Ignorance
Definition
We don't know X is true
Therefore it's false/true
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Ad Hominem
Definition
Personal attack without knowing or paying attention to the argument

[circumstantial: agent has interest in issue)
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False Cause
Definition
A before B
Thus A causes B
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Slippery Slope
Definition
x> x1 >x2 >x3

x> x3
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Either/ or Fallacy
Definition
X or Y
Not Y, So X

(when two options are present with a hidden third)
Term
Inconsistency
Definition
A
-A (something inconsistent with A)
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Begging the Question
Definition
when argument already assumes what it is asking

circular argument
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False Analogy
Definition
two people have things in common
A is B
B is B
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Red Herring
Definition
changes the subject
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Strawman
Definition
presents argument and goes to weakest points or weakest version

"thats not what i meant"
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Equivocation
Definition
word changes/ context meaning changes
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Hasty Generalization
Definition
generalization
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Fallacy of Compostition
Definition
part is X, whole is X
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Fallacy of Division
Definition
whole is X, part is X
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