General Fallacy Types

Question 1

Fallacies of Relevance

Answer 1

Arguments in which the premise is logically irrelevant to the conclusion

1. Appeal to Force
2. Appeal to Pity
3. Appeal to People
4. Argument Against the Person
5. Accident
6. Straw man
7. Missing the Point
8. Red Herring

Question 2

Fallacies of Weak Introduction

Answer 2

Occur when the link between the premise and the conclusion are not strong enough to support the conclusion

1. Appeal to Unqualified Authority
2. Appeal to Ignorance
3. Hasty Generalization
4. False Clause
5. Slippery Slope
6. Weak Analogy

Question 3

Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Illicit Transference

Answer 3

Presumption-Premise purport what they aim to prove
Ambiguity-Ambiguity in either the premise or conclusion or both
Transference- Incorrect transference of an attribute from parts of something onto the whole or from whole onto the parts
1.Begging the Question
2.Complex Question
3.False Dichotomy
4.Suppressed Evidence
5.Equivocation
6.Amphiboly
7.Composition
8.Division

Question 4

What are the 3 Fallacy types and how many are in each type?

Answer 4

Fallacies of Relevance (8)
Fallacies of Weak Introduction (6)
Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity,& Illicit Transference (8)

Question 5

Name all the Fallacies

Answer 5

1. Appeal to Force
2. Appeal to Pity
3. Appeal to People
4. Argument Against the Person
5. Accident
6. Straw man
7. Missing the Point
8. Red Herring
9. Appeal to Unqualified Authority
10. Appeal to Ignorance
11. Hasty Generalization
12. False Clause
13. Slippery Slope
14. Weak Analogy
15. Begging the Question
16. Complex Question
17. False Dichotomy
18. Suppressed Evidence
19. Equivocation
20. Amphiboly
21. Composition
22. Division