Making A Fallacy Research Paper

Although they oftentimes are incorrectly used, a fallacy should always be avoided when making an argument because it should never be used as a tool to persuade. Because a fallacy is, to broadly put it, an indication or assumption of any false belief or any irrelevant belief, it is not reliable to include a fallacy during anytime which you are trying to convince another of something that is weighted with truth, which is what all ethical arguments should be composed of. Whether or not a fallacy was formed intentionally does not matter much seeing as how no matter the intent behind it, a fallacy will effectively and inappropriately deceive others. There are many different types of fallacies and it will be my goal to explain why many from the long …show more content…
A case where this rule of thumb is not applied is during hasty generalizations; a type of fallacy in which the speaker or writer has performed the mistake of jumping to a conclusion. (Rybacki & Rybacki 148). Although it has been deemed okay for an individual to make generalizations within an argument, said generalizations may only be approved when they are based on a hefty number of circumstances and credible information. (Rybacki & Rybacki 148). Another commonly occurring type of fallacy, transfers, are formed of three different types. Transfers may either be a fallacy of composition, a fallacy of division, or a fallacy of refutation. (Rybacki & Rybacki 150). All three, though their minor differences are evident, are all reasonings which are beyond what is intellectually sound. Due to their illogical claims, they are all inappropriate to use when creating an …show more content…
Avoiding the issue, whether consciously or subconsciously, occurs when one strays away from the issue at hand. (Rybacki & Rybacki 154). This is a fallacy which obviously serves no use when forming arguments. On quite the opposite side of the spectrum, a writer or speaker can give an abundance of information, though it be biased. An example of this is forcing a dichotomy which is any instance where the writer or speaker presents the audience with more than one choice, however, the writer or speaker forms his/her argument in a way which makes his/her favorite choice the forced favorite for the audience which is by no means ethical. (Rybacki & Rybacki 157). I have written on many available fallacies that exist in negative forms for arguments. Alongside these fallacy types are the reasons which explain why they are by no means a positive tactic to use in any argument, as they do not validate the argument nor do they benefit