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8 Cards in this Set
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Hasty Generalization |
When a speaker bases a conclusion on limited or unrepresentative examples. |
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Post Hoc Fallacy |
Just because one event followed another, the first caused the second... WRONG
Sometimes the speaker mistakes the effect for the cause. |
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Ad Populum Fallacy |
(Bandwagon) Believing a statement is true or false just because a large number of people do. |
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Ad Hominem |
(Personal Attack) Some people try to compensate for weak arguments by making personal attacks. |
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Straw Person Fallacy |
When you replace your opponent's real claim with a weaker claim you can more easily rebute. |
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Slippery Slope Fallacy |
If you argue against a policy because you assume (without proof) that it will lead you to some second policy that is undesireable. |
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False DilemmaI |
If you claim that there are only two possibe choices to address a problem, that one of those choices is wrong or infeasable, and that therefore your listeners must embrace the other choice. |
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Appeal to Tradition Fallacy |
If you argue that an idea of policy is good just because people have accepted or followed it for a long time. |
