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Errors in argumentation
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- 1Argument for Adverse Consequences“ See that salt block on the chimney? (...) If the cat climbs up there, it will throw it straight to my baby's head and kill him!”
- 2Amphiboly“For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs” “
- 3Slippery slope“American killing of General Qassim Soleimani might escalate into full-blown war”
- 4Appeal to authority“More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.”
- 5Appeal to ignorance“I do not have much information on this except the general statement of the agency that there is nothing in the files to disprove his communist connections.”
- 6Straw Man Fallacy“Senator Smith says that the nation should not add to the defense budget. Senator Jones says that he cannot believe that Senator Smith wants to leave the nation defenseless.”
- 7Appeal to emotion“You need to listen to us, we who cannot vote.”
- 8Hasty generalization“When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists."
- 9Argumentum Ad Baculum (appeal to force)“If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation!”
- 10Argumentum Ad Hominem (personal attack)Dr. Smith spoke about the benefits of PharmaDrug after being paid $100,000 honorarium by PharmaDrug's manufacturer. Therefore, everything Dr. Smith says is wrong.
- 11Misleading statisticsA 1998 publication in the real-life journal, The Lancet, claimed that the vaccination for measles, mumps, and rubella for babies was causing an increase in autism.
- 12Appeal to ignorance“You can’t prove that God doesn’t exist, therefore he does exist”
- 13Hasty generalizationFour out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy Smiley toothpaste brand. Therefore, it must be great.
- 14Red HerringMike: It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?
Ken: But what is morality exactly?
Mike: It’s a code of conduct shared by cultures.
Ken: But who creates this code?... - 15Argumentum Ad Hominem (Personal Attack)Francis Bacon's philosophy should be dismissed since Bacon was removed from his chancellorship for dishonesty
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