Ad Hominem
attacking the person who makes the argument, rather than the structure or content of the argument
nobody has ever disproven the flying spaghetti monster, therefore it must exist. This demonstrates which fallacy?
appeal to ignorance
slippery slope
asserting that one thing will follow another, without providing sufficient evidence for the likelihood of such a consequence
this is an example of? "either you are with us, or you are against us."
false dilemma
false dilemma
assuming there are only two options, when there are actually many
Hasty generalisation
generalising without sufficient evidence - without considering enough cases
appeal to emotion (overlap with red herring)
arguing from feelings rather than facts
"the theory of evolution is just a theory, so we have no good reason to believe it" -----what is wrong here?
equivocation
fallacies are...
bad patterns
appeal to tradition
arguments that things have always been this way, therefore things should always be this way
appeal to ignorance
arguing that a conclusion is true because it has never been proven false.
Red Herring
drawing attention away from the argument at hand, by way of irrelevant premises
dentist recommending smoking filters is an example of which fallacy?
appeal to authority
"universities and restaurants both provide services in exchange for fees. Universities ought to be run more like restaurants." what is going on here?
faulty analogy
division
when one infers that something is true of the thing, because it is true of the whole things.
appeal to popularity
arguing that a conclusion is true because lots of people think its true
who are you to talk?!
arguing that a conclusion is false because the argument's constructor doesn't believe the conclusion (do as i say, not as i do)
the conjunction fallacy
when it is assumed that multiple specific conditions are more likely that a general one.
base rate fallacy
failure to take into account the rate at which something occurs when drawing conclusions from limited evidence
decision point
assuming a cut off point when no such point exists, or needs to exist
composition
when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some or all parts of the whole
faulty analogy
argument by comparison, where the things compared are not sufficiently simmilar
begging the question
CIRCULARITY including the conclusion in a premise
equivocation
using a word in two different senses, as though it were used in one sense. i.e. use of ambiguous language intentionally.
strawman
giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, by refuting an uncharitable representation of the argument
appeal to authority
arguing that a conclusion is true based on the authority of the person who creates the argument
NZ car crash with a kid involved tv ad, example of?
appeal to emotion
"i always look at the clock at 11:11 - that must have some special meaning" what fallacy is commited here?
folk numeracy
what is this an example of: "if two hands exist, then an external world exists. Two hands do exist, therefore an external world exists"
begging the question
folk numeracy
we tend to notice anomaly, and ascribe special meaning to it, but really there are countless cases happening all around us and there are high chances of this.