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Two wrongs make a right |
Example I have a clear conscience I stole his laptop because he took mine a month ago. Justifying your actions because somebody else had made the wrong 2 |
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Begging the question |
Arguing in a circle. The attempt to establish the conclusion of an argument by using the conclusion as a premise. Example God exists we know that God exists because the Bible says so and we should believe what the Bible says because God wrote it. Premise, therefore keyword |
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False dilemma |
The fallacy of assessing that there are only two alternatives to consider when there are actually more than two. Example look, either you support the war or you are a traitor to your country. You don't support the war. So you are a traitor. |
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Slippery slope |
fallacy arguing without good reasons, that taking a particular step will inevitably lead to a further, undesirable step or steps.the idea behind the metaphor of course is that you take the first step on a slippery slope you will have to take another because the slope is slippery |
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Hasty generalization |
The drawing of a conclusion about a Target group based on it an adequate sample size |
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Faulty analogy |
An argument in which the thing being compared are not sufficiently similar in relevant ways |
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Decision point fallacy |
arguing that because a line or distinction cannot be drawn at any point in a process, there are no difference or gradations in the process. |
