Vocabulary

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Types of Fallacies

Examples of Fallacies

True or False

100

To provide reasons for a proposition

Justify

100

Blank is the study of correct reasoning.

Logic

100

Changing the meaning of proposition by placing undue emphasis on a word or phrase.

Fallacy of Accent

100

"Human beings have an immortal soul. And a finger is part of a human being.  Therefore, a finger has an immortal soul.

Fallacy of Division

100

God say something false

False

200

Not changing over time

Invariant

200

Unbelievers too are made in the image of God and  have the capacity for blank reasoning.

Rational

200

Attributing a concrete characteristic to something abstract

Fallacy of reification

200

Courtney misunderstood Emily by placing the emphasis on the word "Brent" rather than the word "didn't"

Fallacy of Accent

200

God is always logical

True

300

Independent of arbitrary standards; Being without exception or qualification

Absolute

300

 Blank is a common error in reasoning

Fallacy

300

Shifting from one meaning of a word to another.

Fallacy of Equivocation

300

Human beings cannot have a genuine free will. After all, we are made up entirely of atoms, which have no free will.

Fallacy of Composition

300

The original source of knowledge comes from textbooks.

False

God is the source of all knowledge.

400

To copy or imitate; to match the characteristics of another

emulate

400

To be blank is to not have a specific reason for belief

arbitrary

400

Falsely assuming that what is true of the part must be true of the whole.

Fallacy of Composition

400

Our local Christian school teaches creation, and their test scores are below average. So, clearly creationists thinking tends to associated with low test scores.

Hasty Generalization

400

God is beyond time and does not change. God Himself is invariant. His thoughts are invariant and do not change with time.

True

500

What is "A" and "not A"

contradiction

500

An blank is a series of propositions in which the truth of one is said to follow from the others

argument

500

A category of logical fallacy in which the argument has used words or phrases in a way that is confusing or vague.

Fallacy of Ambiguity

500

The Bible says that a soft gentle answer turns away wrath.  Walter spoke gently to John and John got angry.  So clearly the Bible is wrong.

Sweeping Generalization

500

God is so busy He can't hear all our prayers

False

He is omnipotent, all knowing, always true, always loving, and interested in all things about us..even how many hairs are on our head.

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