Logical Fallacies
Logical fallacies are...
What are convincing arguments
Post hoc
what is occurring or done after the event,
Flattery
excessive compliments, in an attempt to appeal to their audience's vanity to win support for their side.
Logos
persuasion using numbers and statistics.
What is inductive reasoning
what is logical approach where you progress from specific conclusions to general ideas
Slippery slope...
What are claim about a series of events that would lead to one major event, usually a bad event.
Circular argument
what is occurs when the evidence offered to support a claim is just a repetition of the claim itself.
Guilty by association
what is occurs when someone connects an opponent to a demonized group of people or to a bad person in order to discredit his or her argument.
Ethos
persuasion using credibility, authority and knowledge.
What is deductive reasoning
logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions
Hasty generalization
what is is a claim made on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Either/or
what is when someone claims there are only two possible options or sides in an argument,
Bandwagon
what is in reference to an activity, cause, etc. that is currently fashionable or popular and attracting increasing support.
Pathos
persuasion through the use of emotion.
What kind of example is...
All dogs have ears; golden retrievers are dogs, therefore they have ears.
Deductive reasoning
Begging question (claim)
what is "to ignore a question under the assumption it has already been answered."
Ad hominem
what is directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
In crowd
what is a claim that something is true simply because that's what a large number of people believe.
ASPCA commercials that use photographs of injured puppies, or sad-looking kittens, and slow, depressing music to emotionally persuade their audience to donate money.
What are pathos appeal
What kind of example is...
"I get tired if I don't drink coffee. Coffee is addictive. I'm addicted to coffee."
What is inductive reasoning
Genetic fallacy
what is the act of rejecting or accepting an argument on the basis of its origin rather than its content.
Red herring
what are reasoning error that occurs when a misleading argument or question is presented to distract from the main issue or argument at hand.
Veiled threat
what is a threat that isn't directly stated but is implied using disguised language or euphemisms
The appeal to use the most
What is always use more logical appeals in arguments.
What example is being used?
All men are mortal. Joe is a man. Therefore Joe is mortal.
What is deductive