Types Of Fallacies Flashcards

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Hasty generalization

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Jumps to conclusions without sufficient evidence

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False cause

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Hey speaker mistakenly assumes because one event follows the other the first event caused the second

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Invalid analogy

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And analogy much the two cases being compared are not essentially a like

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Bandwagon

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Fallacy which assumes that because something is popular therefore it is correct

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Red herring

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Fallacy to introduce is an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion

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6
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Ad Hominem

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Attacks a person rather than dealing with the issue in dispute

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7
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Either or

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Fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than to exist

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8
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Slippery slope

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A fallacy which assumes that taking it first that will lead to subsequent steps I cannot be prevented

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9
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Appeal to tradition

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Fallacy which assumes that something old is automatically better than something new

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Appeal to novelty

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Fallacy which assumes that something new is automatically better than something old

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