Informal Fallacies Flashcards
1
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Slippery Slope Fallacy
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Wrongly assumes that if A happens, then it will cause B,C,D…. etc.
2
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Hasty Generalization
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Generalization drawn too quickly, on the basis of too few instances.
3
Q
Post Hoc Fallacy
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Just because something happened after an event doesn’t mean that event caused it to happen.
4
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Genetic Fallacy
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Draws a conclusion on a topic based on the origins of a thing rather than on the basis of reason.
5
Q
Circular reasoning.
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The premises already presume the conclusion is true.. implicitly or explicitly.
6
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Ad Hominem Fallacy
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Attacks the character of a person rather than addressing the argument itself.
7
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Ad Populum Fallacy
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Presents what most people think in order to persuade others to think the same way.
