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- 1What are the factors that lead to human error that can be easily recognized?Fatigue, stress, multitasking, and noise, etc.
- 2Why are fallacies, biases, and bad faith ways of being less rational than we should be?They lead to weak arguments and ultimately bad conclusions.
- 3What is the best way to prevent fallacies, biases and bad faith?Be aware of them!
- 4What is a fallacy?- an error in reasoning that occurs frequently enough to give it a name.
- a problem with an argument that makes it invalid or weak. - 5What are the main examples of fallacies?Appeal to fear, appeal to ignorance, Red Herring, false cause, cognitive bias, confirmation bias, the Forer effect, and the Dunning Kroger Effect
- 6What does it mean to "Appeal to Fear?"- When an arguer tries to persuade an audience by trying to elicit feelings of fear.
- This is a fallacy because creating fear does not constitute evidence for a conclusion.
-Fear created in these situations is not supported from evidence related to the situation, however emotions are REAL and can make an argument SEEM more rational than it is - 7What is a red herring fallacy?- completely changing the subject.
- when an arguer diverts an opponents attention away from issues up for debate. - 8What does is mean to "Appeal to Ignorance?"
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- Flashcards on Untitled, created by Lindsey Cotsonas on 23/05/2023.
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- Lindsey Cotsonas · May 2023
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