latin fallacies Flashcards

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argumentum ad baculum

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Fallacy of the stick

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argumentum ad misericordiam

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fallacy of appealt to pity

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3
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argumentum ad hominem

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attacking the other party’s preson

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4
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direct personal attack abusive

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fallacy of depicting the other party as stupid

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5
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circumstantial

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fallacy of casting suspicion on the other party’s motives

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6
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tu quoque

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fallacy of pointing out a contradiction in the other party’s words or deeds

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7
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ignoratio elenchi

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fallacy of irrelevant argumentation

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8
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pathetic fallacy

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fallacy of playing on the sentiments of the audience

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9
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ethical fallacy

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fallacy of parading one’s own qualities

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10
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fallacy of many questions

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fallacy of making undair use of presuppositions in asking questions

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11
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petitio principii

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fallacy of using an argument that amounts to the same thing as the standpoint (fallacy of circular reasoning/begging the question)

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12
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argumentum ad populum

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populist fallacy

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13
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argumentum ad conssequentiam

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fallacy of confusing facts with value judgments

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14
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argumentum ad verecundiam

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fallacy of authority

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15
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secundum quid

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fallacy of hasty generalization

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16
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relation of analogy

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fallacy of false analogy

17
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post hoc ergo propter hoc

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after x therefore caused by x

18
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slippery slope

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going from bad to worse

19
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argumentum ad ignorantiam

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fallacy of concluding that a standpoint is true because the opposite has not been successfully defended