Fallacies

Fallacies

1. Type of argument that considered to be bad

2. not every bad argument = fallacy

3. Formal Fallacies

   • Structural Fallacies "Logic
   • Affirming the Consequent
     • IF THEN
   • Denying the Antecedent
     • IF THEN (NOT)
   • Generalisations
     • ALL
   • Invalid
   • wrong order

4. Informal Fallacies

   • Content Fallacies
   • false premise
   • Ad Hominem
     • Abuse
       • Insult a person in the argument
         • Accept/reject an argument based on qualities
     • Association
       • discredit someone based on irrelevant Association
     • Appeal to Hypocrisy
       • Reject an argument because of hypocrite
   • False Dilemma
     • Either/Or
   • Appeal
     • Popular Belief
       • If everyone does something it is true
     • Authority
       • If an expert said something it is true
         • background knowledge
   • Slippery Slope
     • misuse of the Hypothetical
       • What likely will happen
   • Straw Man
     • destroy the original argument
   • Red Herring
     • irrelevant distraction
   • Begging The Question
     • Narrow Sense
       • one of the P = the c
     • Broad Sense
       • P must be more believability than C

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