Leftovers
The meaning of Tu Quoque.
What is "and you too" in Latin?
The definition of a red herring
A subgroup of the fallacies of relevance. These arguments make a more subtle appeal to emotion, but include types of proofs that are irrelevant to the case at hand.
The two known Major categories of Fallacy.
What are
Fallacies of Clarity
Fallacies of Relevance?
Arguments that distract by making the audience afraid of the consequences of disagreeing with the speaker. This fallacy seeks to arouse a fear of harm that is not realistic or related to the issue at hand.
What is Ad Baculum?
Chairman of the Board: “All those opposed to my arguments for the opening of a new department, signify by saying, ‘I resign.
What is Ad Baculum.
The Definition of "Tu Quoque."
What is "an argument where the speaker assumes that his rival’s recommendation should be discounted because he does not follow it himself?"
Definition of Strawman Fallacy.
Arguments that claim that since a proposition cannot be disproven, it must therefore be true or likely,
The three known sub-categories of Fallacies of Relevance.
What are the Ad Fontem arguments, Appeals to Emotion, and Red Herring?
Arguments that distract by making the audience want to be either be part of an old tradition or part of the latest cool, new thing. In other words, this fallacy distracts by rejecting or accepting something merely on the basis of its age, making an appeal to tradition or to novelty.
What is Chronological Snobbery?
Wilma: You cheated on your income tax. Don't you realize that's wrong
Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?
What is Tu Quoque?
The definition of Chronological Snobbery.
What are "Arguments that distract by making the audience want to be either be part of an old tradition or part of the latest cool, new thing?"
Definition of Irrelevant Goals or Functions.
Arguments that distract by measuring a plan or policy according to goals it wasn’t intended to achieve.
What are Ad Hominem Abusive, Ad Hominem Circumstantial, Tu Quoque, and Genetic Fallacy?
An argument that says or implies that the speaker’s rival should not be trusted in making his argument because of various circumstances regarding his rival.
What is Ad Hominem Circumstantial?
Taxes are a true headache.
Painkillers makes headaches go away.
Therefore painkillers will make taxes go away.
What is equivocation?
The Definition of Argumentum Ad Misericordiam.
What are, "Arguments that distract by making the audience feel sorry for the speaker is arguing."?
Definition of Irrelevant Thesis
Arguments that distract by making a case for the wrong point.
The 6 Appeals to Emotion.
What are Ad Baculum, Ad Misericordiam, Ad Populum, Snob Appeal, Ad Verecundiam, and Chronological Snobbery?
An argument that makes a distinction between two things that are actually not different from each other.
“You shouldn’t believe anything the media says, it’s all fake news.”
The definition of Argumentum Ad Populum.
What are "arguments that distract by making the audience want to be part of the crowd or one of the ‘common people.’"
The definition of Ad Ignorantiam.
Arguments that claim that since a proposition cannot be disproven, it must therefore be true or likely,
The general difference between Informal and Formal Logic.
What is the fact that Informal Logic is how not to think and that Formal Logic is how to build an argument?
An argument that states that an idea should be discounted simply because of its source or origin.
What is Genetic Fallacy?
"The courts have not allowed the teaching of creation to be mandated in schools. This shows that evolution is science and creation is not."
What is Irrelevant Thesis?
The definition of Argumentum Ad Verecundiam(appeal to illegitimate authority).
What are "Arguments that distract by attempting to shame the listener into agreement by citing an illegitimate?"
Meaning of "argumentum ad ignorantiam."
What is "an argument towards ignorance?"
The Goal of the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
What is the goal to shape the student to understand the truth and express it well?
An argument that fails because a key term is ambiguous/unclear.
What is Equivocation?
“If someone is guilty, they always try to deny their guilt. This man has never said that he is not guilty, and therefore he must be innocent.”
What is Ad Ignorantiam?