Logical Fallacies Flashcards
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Post hoc Reasoning
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Confusing chronology with causality
2
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Oversimplification of the Cause
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People often oversimplify when they do not fully understand the issue
3
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Either-Or Reasoning
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Presents an argument as though there are only two sides to a question so that you have to pick one side as being correct
4
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False Analogy
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Because two things are alike in one or several ways, they are alike in some other regard
5
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Begging the Question
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Circular reasoning. The author “begs” the audience to grant at the outset that which is actually at stake
6
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Non Sequitir
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It does not follow. When one statement is not logically connected to another
7
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Logical Fallacy
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Writing that has a flaw or slip in the reasoning process
