Fallacies Flashcards
value claim
Is a claim that something is right or wrong, good or bad, beautiful or ugly, better or worse’s important or trivial, and so on.
Fallacies
Making bad arguments look good
Formal fallacy
Fallacies found in the form or structure an argument. Only deductive arguments can be formally fallacious
Informal fallacy
These fallacies are more subtle and can only be detected by examining an arguments content
Appeal to force (argument ad bacculum)
This fallacy always involves a threat by the arguer to the physical or psychological well-being of the listener, whether an individual or group of people
Appeal to pity
The argue attempt to support theirargument by attempting to evoke pity from the listener
Argumentum Ad popusum (argument to the people)
Argue uses the listener’s desire to be loved, recognized, and accepted by a group to get the listener to accept a conclusion.
Direct ad populum
A rouse a mob mentality of a large group of people to win acceptance for a conclusion.
Indiret ad popular
Argument is aimed directly at an individuals relationship with the crowd
Direct ad populum forms
Appeal to fear,- fear mongering
Indirect ad populum forms
Bandwagon-everybody believes it, so you should too
Appeal to vanity- connect the love of the crowd with the attributes or activities of a famous person
Appeal to shobbery- appeal to a small group that is supposed to be superior in some way
Appeal to tradition -argues that because summoning nas always been one way it should continue to be that way.
Argumentum ad hominem argument against the person
A refufutional fallen. Refutational fallacies always involves arguers, one responds to the claims of the other by attacking the person herself and not the argument
Ad hominem abusive - the argner verbally abusesth first
Ad hominem circumstantial - respondent attempts to discredit the opponent by sewing that their circumstances predispose them argue to a certain-way
Tu quote (‘you too’) or E pointing to Th other wrongly-secoundargner attends is a hypo route in someway
Exception when an attach is used to call into question the character or tussworthiness of and another its surpeopa
Straws man