Monday, April 11, 2011

Fallacies not to use in my paper

Argument to logic- just because you've pointed out logical fallacies in your opponents argument, it doesnt make you correct.

Appeal to pity- ex: starving children commercial, animal shelter commercial; ignored proposed solutions and straight appeal to emotion.

Argument to the point of disgust- saying something again and again repeating the point without backing up proposed solutions

Appeal to the public-prove something by proving the public agrees with you. ex: strength in numbers

Non sequitur (it doesn't follow)- doesn't have anything to do with whats going on. ex: Family Guy

After this, therefore because of this- assuming that A caused B simply because A happened before B.

Red Herring- Introducing irrelevent facts or arguments to distract from questions at hand.

Appeal to Authority-when someone tries to demonstrate the truth of the proposition by citing someone who agrees even though that person has no expertise in the given area.

Circular Logic-kid logic, when someone uses what theyre trying to prove as part of the proof of that hing.

Complex Question- implicitly assumes something to be true by its construction. ex: have you stopped beating your wife?

Spoke simply, Le., sweeping generalization- stereotyping, ex: all men are pigs, all old people are bad drivers

Appeal to Nature- pot should be legal because it's natural, sugar is natural, natural is good

Argument to antiquity or Tradition- acceptable because its always been done this way. ex: south's argument against slavery, why stop now its always been done this way, green house gases have been fine in the past so are fine now

Ad hominem- attacking the character or motives of a person who has stated an idea, rather than the idea itself, sarcasm

Argument to Ignorance- hasn't been proven false so therefore it's ok

Slippery Slope- Adopting one fallacy or taking one action will lead to to a series of other policies or actions also being taken. ex: pot will lead to crack and LSD

Straw Man- happens with every president in office, opposition put words into his mouth and creates a different meaning of what he said. distorting someones view, putting words into someone elses mouth

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