Logical Fallacies Flashcards
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- False Analogy
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A surface comparison that obscures a deeper contradiction
2
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- Hasty Generalization
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A conclusion based on inadequate evidence
3
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- Sweeping Generalization
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A conclusion so broad it can never be proved true
4
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- Bandwagon
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Claiming something is true or false because everyone says it is true
5
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- Ad Hominem
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Attacking the person instead of the grounds of the argument
6
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- Tu Quo Que
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Avoiding addressing the grounds of an argument by accusing someone of not upholding position they advocate
7
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- Genetic Fallacy
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Attacking an argument because of its source not its validity
8
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- Either/ or Fallacy
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Presenting a complex subject as though it only has 2 sides
9
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- Argument to Ignorance
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Claiming something must be true because it cannot be proved false and vice versa
10
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- Post Hoc, Ergo propter Hoc
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False assumption that because one thing comes after another, the thing that comes first is its cause
