Fallacies of Testimony
I will never go to Big Burritos again! Last time I went, there was a robbery! Big Burritos is a dangerous place.
What is hasty generalization?
"For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs."
What is amphiboly?
False
Justice is a two way street.
List the fallacies of definition.
What are : vagueness, ambiguity, equivocation, and amphiboly?
"You HAVE to get me a car for graduation. Every single other person in my class is getting one for graduation!"
What is bandwagon?
When a person commits this fallacy of definition, he argues as though he is using a single definition of a term but is actually using more than one definition.
What is equivocation?
Counter examples that are exceptions that do not fit the normal pattern.
What are etymology, synonyms and genus and species.
The definition of fallacy.
What is an error in reasoning?
When people use proverbs as ironclad rules.
Odysseus' fallacy : "My name is No One."
What is amphiboly?
An example of this, is when George Washington stepped away from his position as President of the United States after serving two terms.
What is precedent?
Plato, Thomas Jefferson, the Bible, Martin Luther King Jr.
Name the two fallacies of ambiguity.
What are equivocation and ambiguity?
LeBron James thoroughly endorses (even though he doesn't take it) the new medicine for arthritis.
What is appeal to illegitimate authority?
This is fallacy used in the debate involved with micro-evolution and macro-evolution.
This is the one of the most important and useful common topics.
How are the authorities in this essay used?
Plato, Thomas J, the Bible are used as expert authority.
MLK's quote is used as a proverb.
H.L. Menken, journalist, quote is used as a proverb.
This fallacy happens when certain words have been overused to the point that they have lost their meaning.
What is vagueness?
What is accent?
These fallacies can be compared to a magician's slight of hand and are used to trick or distract your attention from the main issue or weakness of their argument.
What are equivocation and amphiboly?
Thinking of these type of examples will help you build a strong argument.
This is crucial to avoid the fallacy of equivocation.
What is 'define key words'?