Fallacy Definitions

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Logical & Critical Reasoning Karteikarten am Fallacy Definitions, erstellt von Cali Miller am 23/02/2018.
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ad hominem abusive fallacy that attacks the the character flaws of a person instead of the argument
ad hominem curcumstantial fallacy that occurs when someone's argument is rejected based on circumstances of that person's life
Tu Quoque when one person tries to disregard the issue at hand by claiming the other person is a hypocrite
Appeal to the people when an argument manipulates a psychological need/desire so that an individual will accept a conclusion (usually used in ads)
Hasty Generalization when someone uses a small sample from a group and uses it to describe the entire group (argues from specific to general)
Composition 1. the mistaken argument that an attribute of individual parts of an object transfers to the entire object as a whole. 2. the mistaken transfer of an attribute of the individual members of a class to the entire class as a whole
Division 1. the mistaken transfer of an attribute of an object as a whole to the individual parts of that object 2. the mistaken transfer of an attribute of a class to the individual members of the class
Post hoc when one makes a false assumption because one event occurred after another event, the first event must have caused the second. (coincidence)
Begging the question 1. when the premise is reworded in the conclusion 2. a set of statements that seem to support each other with no clear beginning or endpoint ("circular reasoning") 3. the argument assumes key information that may not be supported by facts
Unqualified Authority argument that relies on opinions of people who either have no experience, training or knowledge relevant to the issue at hand, they are unqualified to talk about the issue
Equivocation when the conclusion of an argument relies on an intentional/unintentional shift in the meaning of a term or phrase that was used in the premise
Straw Man a fallacy that occurs when attention is purposely diverted from the issue at hand and statements intending one thing are subtly distorted in order to divert emphasis to different issue
Accident when a generalization or rule is applied inappropriately to the case at hand (the wrong assumption that a generalization/ rule is universal)
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