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English 10 H
Logic Fallacies
Term | Definition |
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Ad Hominem | The attack of personal traits or characteristics in order to weaken the opposing arguement |
Ad Populum | Appeal to the side with the most supporters |
Bandwagon | Appeal to a side because someone else or a group of people like it |
Begging the Question | Argument where the conclusion is part of the initial statement |
Hasty Generalization | Quickly making a statement with little or no evidence to prove it |
Non-Sequitur | A statement without logical reasoning and/or evidence |
Slippery Slope | The statement of if something happens, then this or these things will also happen because of it |
Appeal to False Authority | The reasoning of liking an argument due to the fact a person of high power agrees with it |
Equivocation | Intentionally using a word or phrase to weaken an opposing argument or to support yours |
False Analogy | The illogical statement of because this happens then it must be okay for something unlike it to happen |
False Cause | Stating that one thing lead to another with little to no correlation |