fallacy Flashcards
ad popuium
making the audience adhere to the writers writing
adhominem
like the appeal to authority
tuquoque
focus our attention on people rather than on arguments or evidence
appeal to pitty
when the arguer tries to get people to accept a conclusion by making them feel sorry
appeal to ignorance
no effidence but the author wants you to agree anyways
straw man
making our own argument is to appreciate and respond to the on going argument
red herring
arguer goes on a tangent to distract the audience from the sole issue of whats at steak
false dictiotomy
in false dichomy the arguer sets
fallacies of relevance
appeal to evidence or exsamples that are not related to the argument at hand
appeal to force
use force to change peoples oppioun
genetic fallacy
racism due to geography, race, and ethnic orgin
personal attack
un equal belief in a person according to what they are in life
abusive
to argue somebodies statement must be false or dangerous because of the beliefs
circumstantial
proving somebodies argument wrong cause of past events in there life
argumentum ad populum
using appeal to popular assent by arousing and enthusiasm of the multitude rather then building an argument
bandwagon approach
since the majority of people are doing it why shouldn’t I
patriotic approach
it asserts ones belief in ones country and when you disagree you are un patriotic
snob approach
thinking you are better then everybody so you are in a select few of people who may do what they want
appeal to tradition
a thought since past generations have done it and it has worked that is right
appeal to improper authority
beliefs in un reliable sources because of feeling
appeal to emotion
an emotional appeal what would be logical issues during a debate
argument from abverse consequences
falsely implacateing that a argument is wrong cause it would create negative results
argument from personal incredulity
saying somebody is wrong because you cant comprehend it
