Fallacies I
This is the fallacy here: "Most parents are giving their kids smartphones by fifth grade. Therefore, I ought to do the same."
What is Bandwagon or Appeal to the Crowd?
This fallacy is most heavily relied on here.
What is Appeal to Ignorance?
This is the type and subtype of argument here: "After drinking a bottle of Extreme Juice, Joleena noticed a slightly bitter aftertaste. Sydney and Maggie noticed the same thing when they drank some Extreme Juice a year earlier. We conclude that every bottle of Extreme Juice has a slightly bitter aftertaste."
What is generalization & induction (this may fit other types of inductive arguments, depending on how you frame it)?
"Leigh and Dom are metalheads. Therefore, they like heavy metal music."
What is deduction and argument from definition?
This fallacy is committed here: "Why should I listen to Dom when he says I ought to be more organized? He literally just wanders to and from different classes and committee meetings with nothing on him."
What is Ad Hominem?
This fallacy takes place here: "You either keep pineapple off of pizza or you do not deserve human dignity."
What is Black/White or Either/Or fallacy (or another version of the same)
This is the type and subtype of argument here: "Either Marilyn Manson or Marilyn Monroe is a popular film star. But Marilyn Manson is not a film star at all. Therefore, Marilyn Monroe is a popular film star."
What is deduction and disjunctive syllogism?
"The arctic ice cap has been shrinking for several years as a result of climate change, and that trend is expected to continue. Therefore, since arctic polar bears depend on that ice for survival, the arctic polar bear population will shrink in the years ahead."
What is prediction & induction? (would also take causal argument and generalization if framed properly)
This fallacy is committed here: "There's no doubt that we are in a simulation. We can't demonstrate that we are not in one."
What is "Appeal to Ignorance"
AIC Roll
everybody loses 300 points if you don't make it a minute through the awesome video.
This is the type and subtype of argument here: "Given that R is the midpoint of the line AB, AR and RB have the same length."
What is deduction and mathematical argument? (You could also say a deductive argument from definition, too)
Marian graduated from college after Dom, and Dom graduated after Jess. Therefore, it follows necessarily that Marian graduated after Jess."
What is mathematical argument & deduction?
This fallacy is committed here: "Of course we are in a simulation. How do I know? Look around you and you can see the digital projection. How do I know that what we see is a digital projection? Because we are in a simulation!"
What is Circular Reasoning?
Make Mr. P laugh with a case of equivocation!
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This is the type and subtype of argument here: "George Foreman (a famous boxer and boxing analyst) states that Lennox Lewis was the best fighter of his time. Therefore, there's reason to take his view seriously."
What is induction and argument from authority?
"The annual snowfall here in Erie has been over 40 inches every year for the past 20 years. Therefore, probably the snowfall in Erie will be over 40 inches next year."
What is induction and prediction?
Use two fallacies to convince me that there are small spiders all over us.
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Make Mr. P laugh with a bad analogy!
Differs...
"If rugby is a rough sport, then rugby injuries abound. It is the case that rugby is a rough sport. Therefore, rugby injuries abound."
What is deduction and hypothetical syllogism?
Make an argument using "All A is B. No B is C. Therefore No A is C."
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