Agrumentative Fallacies Flashcards

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Reason and fallacies

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To every reason there is a cause

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What is an argumentative fallacies

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Pattern of error in reasoning

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Fallacy#1 appeal to the person

Example

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That is refuting to a claim by simply criticizing the person that makings the claim

Ex: Obama’s health’s Carr policies must be terrible because he used to smoke

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Fallacy#2 appeal to popularity

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Refuting a claim simply arguing the claim be because a substantial people believe in it

Ex. Of coarse world 2 was justifies everyone think so

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Appeal# to tradition ?

Example

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Refuting to a claim by simply arguing the claim must be true because it apart of tradition

Ex; accupuncture has used for thousand years so it must be good

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Fallacy#4 appeal to ignorance

Example

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Refuting to a claim by simply arguing the lack of evidence proves something

Ex. No one has shown that ghost aren’t real, so they must be real

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Fallacy#5 appeal to emotional

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The use of emotions are premises of an argument

-you should hire me you’ll be sad

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Fallacy #6 appeal to false authority

Example

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Quoting someone to support your argument but that person is not legitimate authority

Ex.

We should lower taxes since are French teacher supports this policy

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Fallacy#7 straw man

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Weakening someone’s position so it be early refuted

Ex: because the prime minster wants to please the American president, he thinks we should increase military spending

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Fallacy# 8 false dilemma

Example

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When they present only two choices when there is more than one options

Example: either we cut social spending or our country will go bankrupt

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Fallacy#9 loaded question

Example

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A questions that contains
controversial assumptions

Did you stop beating your wife yet?

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False analogy

Example

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Comparing two things as alike when they are not in fact

Animals harmed by nature versus humans

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What type of policy is this space abortion is morally acceptable, since no one really knows when a foetus becomes a human with the rights

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This is appeal to ignorance

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What type of fallacy is thisAssisted suicide is amorally unacceptable. Just look at Jack, the worlds most famous advocate of assisted suicide. The man painted a picture with his own blood of eating a child was off of the decomposing corpse. Do you really think he is a reilable guide

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Appeal to the person

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Sex selection is morally unacceptable. Have you read the results of the recent poll asking people what they think about sex selection. You’d the vast majority of people responded think it’s just plain wrong

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Appeal to popularity

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Abortion is morally unacceptable. Opponents of abortion or wrong to think that a woman has no rights and men should be a lot should be able to tell women what to do with their body

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Straw man

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Ever since Amniocentesis became widely accessible procedure, woman who is foetus That have been diagnosed with down syndrome have decided to terminate the pregnancy. It has been going on for decades now, so what’s the point we really need to admit that there’s nothing Morally with it

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Appeal to tradition

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You euthanasia be considered morally acceptable. My grandma is getting old and if she is sick I don’t want to see her get through all those kinds of tests

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Appeal to emotions

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If we reinstate the death penalty the innocent people die

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False dilemma

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When are you going to start representing the people who elected you

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Loaded question

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If you think contraception is morally acceptable, though you have no reason to oppose abortion

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False analogy

22
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The legalization of marijuana is good for Canada. After all Justin Trudeau supports it.

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False authority