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psedoreasoning

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pretend reasoning

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fallacy

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mistake in reasoning:
if we think a claim has been supported when "support" is persuasive language

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are euphemisms and innuendos fallacy?

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no.

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In fallacies, the premise is?

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irrelavent to the conclusion, even if the premis is true- it does not provide a reason for believing that the conclusion is true

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limbaugh fallacy expresses? example? angry thus?

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expressing outrage
"anybody who doesnt see this POV must be a fool
angry thus throw reason out thus accept whatever alternative offered by speaker just from indignation

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is anger a fallacy?

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no

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how does anger become a fallacy?

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1. think we have a reason to be angry when we dont
2. allow anger over one thing to influence anger and judgements over another

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argument from outrage

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fallacy that is inflammatory words followed by a conclusion, thus subs anger for reason (limbaugh)

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scapegoating is a type of? does?

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a fallacy that is a type of argument from outrage
blaming something for everything

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arguement by force

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type of scare tactic

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is anger a fallacy?

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no

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how does anger become a fallacy?

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1. think we have a reason to be angry when we dont
2. allow anger over one thing to influence anger and judgements over another

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argument from outrage

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fallacy that is inflammatory words followed by a conclusion, thus subs anger for reason (limbaugh)

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scapegoating is a type of? does?

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a fallacy that is a type of argument from outrage
blaming something for everything

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arguement by force

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type of scare tactic

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scare tactics? lacks?

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a fallacy that scares people into doing something or accepting a position

lacks evidence that the scary scenario is real

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argument from pity

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a fallacy that feeling sorry for someone thus drives a position of an unrelated matter

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argument from envy

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a fallacy that a person is faulted because of envy;
bad points are exaggerated

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apple polishing

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allows praise of oneself to sub for judgement about the truth of a claim

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guilt trip

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a fallacy that tries to elicit guilty feelings to get others to do something or accept a view

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wishful thinking

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a fallacy that urges acceptance or a claim simply because it would be pleasant if true

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peer-pressure argument

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a fallacy that accepts a claim because the person will gain approval or avoid having approval withdrawn

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group think argument

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a fallacy that subs pride of membership in a group for reason and deliberation in arriving at a position on an issue

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nationalism

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is a type of group think argument in which there is blind endorsement of a country's policies or practices;
invoked to reject/condemn/silence criticism of one's country as unpatriotic

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rationalism? has an element of?

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a fallacy in which use of pretext satisfies our own desires; has an element of self deception

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argument from popularity? evidence?

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a fallacy that accepts a claim on the grounds that many people (other than authorities or experts) believe it;
not evidence that it is a fact just because many people believe it

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instances when the popular view is actually ok?

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1. common language use
2. everyone and experts agree that x is true, then what they think is a good reason to accept x

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2 variations of argument from popularity

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1. argument from common practice
2. argument from tradition

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argument from common practice

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a fallacy that justifies an ACTION or PRACTICE on the grounds that it is common

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argument from tradition

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a fallacy that justifies because the argument is that "thats the way things have always been done"

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subjectivist fallacy

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something apart from one's own thought is true just because on THINKS it is true; "sandpaper is slippery"

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relativism

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one culture's opinion is as good as the next

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relativist fallacy

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illogical to think that a standard of your society applies universally, while simultaneously maintaining that it doesnt apply to societies that dont accept that standard

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two wrongs make a right

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a fallacy that considers a wrong to justify retaliatory action

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red herring

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bring a topic into conversation that distracts from the original point

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smoke screen

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pile issues or increase complexity until the original point has been lost