Fallacies Flashcards
(20 cards)
Name all 18 fallacies.
Ipse Dixit, Ad populum, Ad baculum, Ad hominem, Bulverism, Tu quoque, Ag ignorantiam, Chronological Snobbery, Equivocation, Accent, Amphiboly, Composition, Division, Circular Reasoning, False Cause, Either/Or, Complex Question, Apriorism
Def. of Ipse Dixit
illegitimate appeal to authority
Def. of Ad populum
illegitimate appeal to majority
Def. of Ad. baculum
illegitimate appeal to force
Def. of Ad hominem
argument based off of a person’s character
Def. of Bulverism
argument based off of how or why a person believes something or his/ her background
Def. of Tu quoque
when you accuse someone of “doing it also”
Def. of Ad ignorantiam
an agument based off of lack of evidence
Def. of Chronological Snobbery
an argument based off of time
Def. of Equivocation
when a term changes meaning in the middle of an argument
Def. of Accent
a fallacy committed when you put emphasis on a term
Def. of Amphiboly
a fallacy committed when the grammar of a sentence is misunderstood
Def. of Composition
a fallacy commited when something is explained from the parts to the whole
Def. of Division
a fallacy committed when something is explained from the whole to the parts
Name all 18 fallacies.
Ipse Dixit, Ad populum, Ad baculum, Ad hominem, Bulverism, Tu quoque, Ag ignorantiam, Chronological Snobbery, Equivocation, Accent, Amphiboly, Composition, Division, Circular Reasoning, False Cause, Either/Or, Complex Question, Apriorism
Def. of Circular Reasoning
when you use your conclusion as on of your reasons or pieces of evidence
Def. of False Cause
a fallacy commited when using cause and effect to explain something
Def. of Either/Or
when you give a person only 2 options when there could be more
Def. of Complex Question
a question used to trap a person in their answer
Def. of Apriorism
a hasty generalization
