Cas Exam 2

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red herrin

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a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is introduced in order to divert the audience's attention from the issue under consideration

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camel's nose

Back 2

a fallacy that suggests without sufficient evidence that one event will inaugurate a sequence of other events eventually culminating in disaster

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straw man

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a fallacy that attributes to one's opponent a distorted, exaggerated, or misrepresented version of their actual position, and then refutes the counterfeit argument in order to make their own position seem stronger by contrast

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ad hominem

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a fallacy in which one attempts to refute an argument by attacking irrelevant characteristics about the person supporting it

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false cause

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a fallacy that concludes one event was caused by another simple because it occurred after the other

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substituting sign for cause

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a fallacy that concludes one thing causes another simply because they occur together

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false dilemma

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a fallacy that forces a choice between 2 alternatives when other possibilities exist

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hasty generalization

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a fallacy of inductive reasoning where one reaches a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient data, or when one makes a conclusion about a population on the basis of a sample of insufficient size

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stacked evidence

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a fallacy of inductive reasoning that presents evidence in support of the conclusion while ignoring or suppressing evidence that might contradict it

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false authority

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a fallacy that appeals to the authority of an individual although that individual is not qualified to speak as an authority on the subject in question

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circular argument

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a fallacy in which a claim is supported by a premise that is merely a restatement of the claim itself, or that assumes the truth of the claim