Overview
The art and science of reasoning
Logic
subgroup that use pity, fear, anger, joy, intimidation etc...
Appeal to Emotion
A fallacy of induction based on a weak analogy.
False Analogy
A fallacy of clarity in which a key term in the argument is employed more than once with several different meanings.
Equivocation
He's the clothing designer who gave us Tommy Girl cologne
Tommy Hilfger
An attempt to reveal what was true on the basis of evidence & reason
Argument
Arguments that attempt to avoid the issue by insulting an opponent with abusive language
Ad Hominem Abusive
Arguments that assume the very thing that one is trying to prove
Begging The Question
Arguments that make a linguistic distinction between two things that are actually not different from each other
Distinction W/out Difference
She wrote a famous diary while hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam
Anne Frank
An occurrence of bad or incorrect reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Arguments that distract by making a person want to feel “special.”
Snob Appeal
Arguments that make an unwarranted generalization on the basis of too few samples
Hasty Generalization
Example:
Customer- "Do you serve crabs here?"
Waiter- "Yes sir, we serve everyone."
Equivocation
The hardest substance in the human body
Tooth Enamel
What does Ad Hominem mean?
To the man or against the man.
Arguments that attempt to disprove an opponent’s position by presenting it in an unfair, inaccurate light
Straw Man Fallacy
Arguments that frame the debate in such a way that only two options are possible, when other possibilities may exist
Bifurcation (False Dilemma)
Arguments that rest on an improper emphasis placed on certain words or phrases
Accent
The amount legs bees have
6
What are the two types of arguments?
What are Formal and Informal.
(Exa.) Really, you don’t believe in climate change? The vast majority of scientists believe that the earth’s climate is quickly changing!
Mob Appeal
(Exa.) The average person tells a lie every twelve hours
Fake Precision
(Exa.) Max isn’t really lazy. He just likes to sleep all the time.
Distinction w/out Difference
This country invented the burger
Hamburg, Germany