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1
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What are fallacies?

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Common errors in reasoning that illegitimate your argument

2
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How many logical fallacies can be found?

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12

3
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What is know as slippery slope?

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If A happens, then a lot of events will happened B,C,D until Z happens

4
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Give me an example of slippery slope

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If we let him redo the test today, he will want to redo his test all the time

5
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Expain hasty generalization

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Making a generalization when missing a lot of information to make it

6
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Example hasty generalization

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If you fail your fist examn, you will fail all the other exams

7
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What is a genetic fallacy

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Conclusion made due to a person origin, idea or institur determining their character or worth

8
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He is an unfair man bc he is a policemen

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Example genetic fallacy

9
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc

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A ocurred after B, so B causes A

10
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a black cat crossed my path, and then I got into a car accident

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Post hoc ergo propter hoc

11
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Explain beginning the question

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using the conclusion of an argument to support it

12
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Example beggining the question

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Fruits and vegetables are part of a healthy diet. After all, a healthy eating plan includes fruits and vegetables.

13
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What is a circular argument

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restates the argument instead of proving it

14
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You must obey the law, because it’s illegal to break the law.

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Circular argument

15
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either/or

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conclusion that oversimplifies the argument to 2 choices

16
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Every moral choice is either black or white.

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Either/or

17
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Explain ad hominem

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attacks the character of a person instead of his or her opinions

18
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A lawyer who argues that his client should not be held responsible for theft because he is poor.

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Ad hominem

19
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what is ad populum/bandwagon appeal

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idea that represents what most people or what a group thins

20
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if you are cool you must have an iphone

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ad populum/bandwagon

21
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tactic to avoid the issue by changing the topic

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Red herring

22
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example red herring

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In conversation - “I am pretty sure that evolution is not a very good explanation for human life. Anyway, I am pretty offended that anyone would suggest that I came from a monkey.”

23
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what is straw man

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oversimplifing an opponents point of view to attack their view

24
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Biology teacher begins teaching evolution by stating that all things evolve. Student says she just can’t accept that humans came from bugs.

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Straw man fallacie

25
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compares minor erros with big attrocities, suguessting that both are equal

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moral equivalence