Informal Fallacies

Question 1

Name the three categories of fallacies

Answer 1

Relevance
Presumption
Clarity

Question 2

What are the 4 guiding questions?

Answer 2

1. What is the issue at hand?
2. Is the argument relevant to the issue at hand?
3. Is the argument assuming something illegitimate?
4. Is the argument clear?

Question 3

What are the 4 Ad Fontem Arguments?

Answer 3

1. Ad Hominem Abusive
2. Ad Hominem Circumstantial
3. Tu Quoque
4. The Genetic Fallacy

Question 4

What are the 6 appeals to emotion?

Answer 4

1. Appeal to Fear (Ad Baculum)
2. Appeal to Pity (Ad Misericordiam)
3. Mob Appeal (Ad Populum)
4. Snob Appeal
5. Appeal to Illegitimate Authority (Ad Verecundiam)
6. Chronological Snobbery

Question 5

Name the 4 Red Herring Fallacies

Answer 5

1. Appeal to Ignorance
2. Irrelevant Goals or Functions
3. Irrelevant Thesis
4. Straw Man Fallacy

Question 6

Name the 6 fallacies of presupposition

Answer 6

1. Begging the Question (Petitio Principii)
2. Bifurcation (False Dilemma)
3. Fallacy of Moderation
4. Is-Ought Fallacy
5. Fallacy of Composition
6. Fallacy of Division

Question 7

Name the 5 Fallacies of Induction

Answer 7

1. Sweeping Generalization (Accident)
2. Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
3. False Analogy
4. False Cause
5. Fake Precision

Question 8

Name the 3 Fallacies of Clarity

Answer 8

1. Equivocation
2. Accent
3. Distinction Without a Difference