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Logical Fallacies
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English
11th Grade
11/17/2011

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amphiboly
Definition
faulty sentence structure
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argumentum ad antiquitam
Definition
old tradition or idea therefore good
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argumentum ad baculum
Definition
FEAR! You MUST do this or...
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argumentum ad hominem
Definition
attacking speaker and not subject
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argumentum ad ignoratiam
Definition
guilty until proven innocent; innocent until proven guilty
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argumentum ad misericordiam
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appeal to pity
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argumentum ad nauseum
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repetition asserting truth of an idea
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argumentum ad populum
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appeal to the popular belief
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argumentum ad verecundiam
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appeal to authority
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begging the question
Definition
assuming the point is true and not proving it
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bifurfication/false dilemma
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black and white fallacy; 2 choices ONLY
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converting a conditional
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if P the Q, if Q then P
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cum hoc ergo propter hoc
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because this is true, this is true too
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false analogy
Definition
comparing two unlike things
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flamboyance
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disguises fallacy in wit
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generalization
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generilizing rule
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red herring/ignoratio elenchi
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supposed to prove one thing only proving something else
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plurium interrogationum
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demand for a simple answer to a complex question
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non-sequitur
Definition
conclusion that has nothing to do with subject
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slippery slope
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if this happens, then this will happen, and if this happens, this will happen...
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straw man
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knocking down ones arguement, disproving it, then concluding that is is disproved
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tu quoque
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no attempt to deal with the real topic; avoids real subject
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