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11 Cards in this Set
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Straw Man Fallacy
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Attacking a misrepresentation of the opponent's view
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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After this, therefore on account of this
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Ad hominem
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attacking someone's character rather than the argument
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Tu quoque
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Dismiss opponent's point of view based on their past actions (an Ad Hominem)
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Circumstantial
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Reject argument because they could benefit from argument (an Ad Hominem)
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Appeal to Force
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conclusion is defended by a threat to the well being of those who do not accept it
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Appeal to the People (ad populum)
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"jump on the bandwagon"
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Appeal to Pity
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Supports a conclusion merely by evoking pity, when the statements that evoke pity are logically unrelated to the conclusion.
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False dilemma
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uses a premise that unjustifyably reduces the number of choices
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Appeal to Unreliable Authority
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authority may be reasonably doubted
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Red Herring
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Diversion by means of irrelevant reasons.
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