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Arguer threatens reader/listener. |
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Arguer elicits pity from the reader/listener. |
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Argue arouses mob mentality. |
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Arguer appeals to the reader/listener's desire for love, security, respect, etc. |
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Arguer verbally abuses other arguer. |
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Arguer presents other arguer as predisposed to argue this way. |
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Ad Hominem (Circumstantial) |
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Arguer presents other as hypocrite. |
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General rule is applied to specific case that it was not intended to cover. |
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Arguer distorts opponent's argument and then attacks the distorted argument. |
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Arguer draws conclusion different from that supported by premises. |
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Arguer leads reader/listener off track. |
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Arguer cites untrustworthy authority. |
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Appeal to Unqualified Authority |
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Premises report that nothing is known or proved, and then a conclusion is drawn. |
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Conclusion is drawn from an atypical sample. |
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Conclusion depends on nonexistent or minor causal connection. |
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Conclusion depends on unlikely chain reaction |
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Conclusion depends on defective analogy. |
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Arguer creates the illusion that inadequate premises are adequate by leaving out a key premise, by restating the conclusion as premise, or by reasoning in a circle. |
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Multiple questions are concealed in a single question |
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An Either Or statement hides additional alternatives. |
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Arguer ignores important evidence that requires a different conclusion. |
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Conclusion depends on a shift in meaning or a word or phrase |
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Conclusion depends on the wrong interpretation of a syntactically ambiguous statement. |
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Attribute is wrongly transferred from parts to whole |
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Attribute is wrongly transferred from whole to parts. |
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