Logical Fallacies
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adrianarosem on January 14, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Genetic Fallacy | Something is wrong because of its origin. |
| Ad Hominem | Attacking or praising people who make an argument rather than discussing the argument itself. |
| Ad Populum | Using an appeal to popular assent by arousing feelings and enthusiasm of the multitude. |
| Bandwagon Approach | Ad Populum - Because the majority of people believe an argument, the argument must be true. |
| Patriotic Approach | A certain stance is true because it is patriotic, and those who disagree are unpatriotic. |
| Snob Approach | All the best people are doing something so it is correct. |
| Appeal to Tradition | Something is true because people have always believed it. |
| Appeal to Improper Authority | To use someone's authority in one topic to justify a different subject. |
| Ad Misericordiam | An emotional appeal to get the reader to accept a logical conclusion. |
| Begging the Question | Making an argument without supporting a claim used in the argument first. |
| Circular Reasoning | Using one reason to prove another reason and the other way around. |
| Hasty Generalization | Jumping to a conclusion when there are too few samples to prove it. |
| Post Hoc | Because one event preceded a second event, the first event caused the second one. |
| Non Sequitur | An argument that does not follow from the previous statements A-B, D |
| Straw Man | Diverting the opposition's statement into an oversimplified version that is easier to refute. |
| Slippery Slope | Once the first step is taken, a second or third step will inevitably follow |
| Either/Or | An argument with only two possible choices when there are actually several. |
| Faulty Analogy | Relying on a comparison to prove a point or stretching a comparison too far. |
| Equivocation | Using a word in a different way than the author used it in the original premise. |
| Argument from the Negative | Since one position is not correct, the opposite stance must be true |
| Argument from a Lack of Evidence | Appealing to a lack of information to prove a point or arguing that since the opposition cannot disprove a claim, it must be true. |
| Hypothesis Contrary to Fact | Trying to prove something by using hypothetic example. If one thing had happened, this would be true now. |
| Complex Question | Phrasing a question or statement in a way that implies another unproven statement without evidence. |
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