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Fallacies and Flaws

common Fallacies and flaws in logic

QuestionAnswer
Non Sequiter Does not follow
Appeal to Readers' fear or pity argument has no bearing on case
Bandwagon many believe it
Ad Hominem attaching to the person
Hasty Generalization hasty conclusion
Reductive Fallacy reduced to simple terms
Post Hoc Fallacy if one event causes one thing another happens a + b means a must cause b
Either/Or Fallacy dividing the arguement to either side
Genetic Fallacy attaching it at the source
Tu Quoque redirecting to the attacker
Two Wrongs Two wrongs make a right
Argument from Ignorance arguing from lact of evidence
Ad Populum appeal to the crods prejudices
Appeal to Authority authority in one field helping another field
Begging the Question using a conclusion as a part of an argument
Complex Question a question requiring more thana single or simple answer, which is asked as if it only had one simple answer
Black and White Fallacy only two positions
Fallacy of Opposition based on one person's view
Special Pleading Not acknowledging the opposing side
Slipperly Slope If one events happens, others must follow it
Equivocation word or phrase is used in two different ways
Accident Taking a general rule and applying in obvious ??
Converse Accident taking the obvious ? as argument
Old is better ?
Bigger is better ?
Transference using historical figure
Stacking the deck leaving out relevant informaiton to mislead your audience
Opinion as fact presenting your opinion in an arguement
LOGOS appeal to logic
Pathos Appeals to emotion
Ethos Appeals exerted by the character of the writer/speaker
Created by: jbissell
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