FALLACIES

FALLACIES

1. Guilt by Association

   • It means to associate the person with something negative.
     • Pol Pot was evil and against religion. All people against religion are bad.

2. Circumstantial

   • It means when you attack a person’s situation or circumstances that might have motivated the argument.
     • This car is proven to get great gas mileage. Yeah right! You just want my sale.

3. Abusive

   • When you abuse a person or use invectives to attack his/her argument, it is abusive ad hominem.
     • This is why a woman shouldn’t do a man's job.

4. To quoque

   • It means to evoke the past actions of somebody to attack his argument.
     • You don’t believe that cheating is bad when you cheated on your wife.