Fallacies Flashcards
1
Q
appeal to ignorance
A
- argues something is true because there is no evidence that it is false
- also true vice versa.
ARGUMENT AD IGNORATIAM
2
Q
appeal to inappropriate authority
A
- appeals to the wrong authority
ARGUMENT AD VERECUNDIAM
3
Q
complex question
A
two questions rolled into one
4
Q
argument against the person
A
attack against the person
ARGUMENT AD HOMINEM
5
Q
accident
A
jumps quickly FROM a generalization
6
Q
converse accident
A
jumps quickly TO a genereralization
7
Q
false cause
A
- asserts that a causal connection exists even though there is none
- post hoc ergo propter hoc
8
Q
begging the question
A
- using circular reasoning
PETITIO PRINCIPII
9
Q
appeal to the people
A
- appeal to emotion
- snob appeal
- bandwagon
ARGUMENT AD POPULUM
10
Q
appeal to pity
A
- uses guilt to support argument
ARGUMENT AD MISERICORDIUM
11
Q
appeal to force
A
- uses force or threat of force to support argument
ARGUMENT AD BACULUM
12
Q
Irrelevant conclusion
A
- premisses of the argument support a different conclusion
- misses the point
IGNORATIO ELENCHI
13
Q
equivocation
A
- uses a word or phrase in more than one sense or meaning
14
Q
amphiboly
A
- a mistake in grammar results in uncertain meaning
15
Q
composition
A
- argues that the WHOLE has an attribute because the part has that attribute
