Relevance
Check the Source
Appeals to Emotion
Smells Fishy
This is Logic
100
When I ask this, it helps identify the issue at hand
What is the right question
100
Arguments against the source are known by this latin phrase
What is Ad Fontem
100
An appeal to emotion argument distracts an audience from the issue at hand by introducing this type of issue
What is an emotional issue
100
An argument that distracts by trying to get an opponent to disprove the speaker's point rather than giving real evidence for the point
What is appeal to Ignorance
100
The art and science of reasoning
What is Logic
200
We have classified the fallacies of relevance into this many categories
What is three
200
The latin name for this fallacy means "you also"
What is "Tu Quoque"
200
The commercial of sad, dirty puppies trapped in small cages is an attempt to appeal to this emotion
What is pity
200
An argument that distracts by measuring a plan according to goals it wasn't intended to achieve
What is irrelevant goals or functions
200
A commonly recognized bad argument
What is a fallacy
300
Fallacies of relevance have premises that do not "_______" the truth of the conclusion
What is "bear upon"
300
This most generic Ad Fontem argument states that something should be discredited simply because of its origin or source.
What is Genetic Fallacy
300
The fallacy "ad populum" is known by this common name
What is mob appeal
300
This type of argument argues against a position that is not really held by the opposition
What is Straw Man Fallacy
300
In this branch of logic, the validity of an argument is based solely on the form of the argument
What is Formal Logic
400
The art of convincing others
What is persuasion
400
Two types of this fallacy, which attacks the speaker's rival, are "abusive" and "circumstantial".
What is Ad Hominem
400
Referencing particular preferences of the elite demonstrates this type of fallacy
What is Snob appeal
400
An irrelevant thesis fallacy distracts by making the case for this...
What is the wrong point
400
This branch of logic deals with ordinary language arguments that put weight on the evidence
What is Informal Logic
500
Techniques used to influence the opinions of others to do or believe something that they might otherwise not
What is propaganda
500
"Your endorsement can not be trusted because you are nothing more than an arrogant politician."
What is Ad Hominem abusive
500
"The old ways are always the best ways" demonstrates this type of fallacy.
What is a chronological snobbery
500
"There is no life on Mars. I have never seen any evidence of real martians."
What is an appeal to ignorance?
500
This is the desired outcome of an effective, logical argument
What is to persuade others
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