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19 Cards in this Set
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Ad Populum (Bandwagon
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People believe it because most people have accepted it as truth
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Dude this is the coolest thing ever. Everyone else thinks so, so it's cool.
(The population believe it) |
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Ad Misericordia
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Appealing to the emotions of an audience by acquiring their pity in a way that isn't related to the subject
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"How could you accuse this man of murdering his mother? He's a orphan."
(Emotional Misdirection) |
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Ad Hominem
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A claim/argument that is rejected on the basis of an irrelevant fact about the person presenting the claim/argument
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"What would he know about politics? He's only fifteen."
(human isn't fit) |
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Appeal to Ignorance
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The fallacy in which something must be true if not proven false
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"Innocent until proven guilty"
(Ignorant faith) |
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False Analogy
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A misleading analogy that does not support the idea of two things being compared
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"Employees are like nails. If you hit them on the head they'll work"
(forget the analyzation part) |
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Equivocation
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Sliding between two or more definitions of a single word or phrase within the same arguement
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"As the badger lives in the bank, and the bank is in the High Street, so the badger lives in the High Street"
(False equalization) |
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Begging the Question
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When the premise of an argument is based on the argument already being true
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-circulating argument/logic
"God must exist." "Why?" "Because the bible says so." "Why is the bible true?" "Because God Wrote it" |
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False Dichotomy
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Explaining only two different explanation, solutions, or alternatives to the situation; categorized by extremes
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"If you are not with us, you're against us."
(Two Dextremes) |
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Straw Man
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an argument by showing that the opposite side is too extreme or obviously impractical
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"Without rules, there will be total chaos."
(X-Stream) |
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Nonsequitur
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Comes to a conclusion that are not related to the facts that were stated
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"Teen pregnancy is up this year. We'll have to get rid of those education classes"
(Nonfact-Related) |
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Red-Herring Fallacy (Smoke Screen)
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An irrelevant topic is presented in order to direct attention away from the main issue
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"Why are you hounding me to take out the trash? You still haven't taken out the dog."
(The Red dyed cloud of avoidance) |
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Stereotyping
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When a generalization is placed on a certain group of things, events, places, or people.
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"Black people love chicken, so get Richard some chicken."
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Slippery Slope
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an argument that if one thing (usually negative) occurs, then a larger more impactful thing is bound to happen
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"One chocolate today, and soon you are going to be huge."
(One Slip and you're dead) |
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Ad Vericundium
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Argument based on the grounds of the authority or prestige of the source
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"More Doctors smoke Camel cigarette than any other cigarette."
(Verified by the influential) |
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Double Standard
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Act of comparing two things, people or groups based on different scales or expectations, usually unfair
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"'women are encouraged to pursue a 'man's job,' but men are ridiculed for pursuing a 'women's job'"
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Post Hoc
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Happening after an event , resulting in something after an event
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"We never payed this much food until you moved in."
(Post Occurrence) |
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Hasty Generalization
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Making a conclusion from patterns you see; jumping to conclusions
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"It's been raining for weeks so, tomorrow it will rain"
(Hasty Conclusion) |
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Over-Simplification
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simplify (something) so much that a distorted and un-accurate impression is given
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"Legalizing Marijuana is just an issue of preserving our freedom"
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False Authority
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Being specific on a subject as an expert of an unrelated subject
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"Rick Ross selling toothpaste"
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