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14 Cards in this Set
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False dilemma
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a limited number of options, usually two, while in reality there are many more. ex you could go home or go to school
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Argument from ignorance
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Assume that since something has not been proven false then it is true and vis versa ex since you can not prove that ghosts do not exist they must exist
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Slippery Slope
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claims if you allow one thing to happen then it will lead to something else and so on and so forth
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Appeal to consequences
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the author points to a particular consequence of holding a particular belief in order to show that this belief is false ex you must believe in God or else life would have no meaning
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Prejudicial Language
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loaded or emotive terms are used to attach value or moral goodness to believing the proposition ex right thinking american would agree that we should support the iraq war
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Appeal to Popularity
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the proposition is held to be true because it is widely held true by the upper sector of the population ex everyone knows the earth is flat so no need in arguing about that anymore
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ad hominum
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attacking the person not the argument abusive- attacks the person circumstantial- the person making the argument and his or her circumstances hypocrisy- the person does not practice what he teaches
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Appeal to authority
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the person is not qualified, experts disagree on the issue, the authority was not being serious at the time
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hasty generalization
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the size of the sample is to small to get a decent conclusion
fred the Australian stole me wallet so all Australian are theives |
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False analogy
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compares two things that are similar when in reality they are not
Ex employees are like nails |
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Coincidental correlation
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there is a difference between correlation and causation
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begging the question
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the truth of the conclusion is assumed by the premesis
ex since i am not lying, i must be telling the truth |
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straw man
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the author attacks the arguemtn which is weaker than the oppositions best argurment
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equivocation
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the same word is used with two different meanings
ex "fine" for parking here |