Critical Thinking Section 4 Flashcards
Ad Hominem fallacy
When you attack the person instead of the argument
Genetic Fallacy
When you attack the origins of an argument instead the actual argument
Straw figure fallacy
When you misrepresent the argument and creates another argument that’s easier to attack.
Red Herring Fallacy
When someone introduces an irrelevant topic to distract from the original discussion.
Appeal to Authority Fallacy
When you use an authority of one profession to valid a claim from a different profession.
Appeal to Force Fallacy
When you use a threat to compel an argument.
Appeal to popularity
When you appeal to the popularity of something as a reason to affirm its truth.
Equivocation
When one’s argument hinges on mistakenly using the same word in a different sense.
Appeal to ignorance fallacy
Where your reasoning is due to lack of knowledge that a claim is false or true.
Slippery slope fallacy
Someone argues that one event will lead to a series of unfortunate events that will lead to disaster.
Texas sharpshooter fallacy
When one cherry picks evidence that supports their desired conclusion.
Post hoc fallacy
When a person mistakes an event that happens prior in time to it’s cause as being the real cause of the event.
Hasty generalization
When one generalizes too quickly about a group of people, things, or events.
Fallacies of presumption
Committed because the premises are used in a way that they presume what they are meant to prove.
False dilemma
When one presumes that there are fewer option’s than there actually are.
