Fallacies of Form 1
When an argument is misrepresented
What is a strawman?
When an argument presents a chain of consequences as if they are inevitable when they are not
What is a slippery slope?
When an argument contains contradictory information within itself
What is circular reasoning?
When an authority is cited who is not actually an authority, or when someone assumes something is proven true on the basis insufficient expert opinion
What is an argument from authority?
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What is the Colorado Avalanche?
The assumption that correlation equals causation
What is a false cause?
When one presents only two options when more than two options are actually available
What is a false dichotomy?
When a conclusion/statement is assumed to be true because it is popular
What is an argument from majority?
When a conclusion is drawn from the absence of evidence
What is an argument from silence?
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Red Bull
When a conclusion which is yet to be proved is assumed within a question
What is a loaded question?
The assumption that what came before must have caused what came after
What is a false cause?
When the arguer/person is attacked rather than the argument itself.
What is an ad hominem?
When irrelevant information is introduced in order to be a distraction from the argument
What is a red herring?
This is the name of Mr. Brooks' son
What is Matthew?
When a generalization is reached on insufficient data
What is a hasty generalization
When a conclusion is yet to be proved is assumed true in the argument (also known as “begging the question”)
What is circular reasoning?
When a statement is assumed true either because it is ancient or because it is modern
What is chronological snobbery?
When an argument is dismissed because the person making it is a hypocrite
What is tu quoque?
This was Mr. Brooks' profession before he became a teacher.
What is a pastor?
When exceptions to established rules are made arbitrarily
What is special pleading?
When the standards/criteria of an argument are changed
What is special pleading?
When an argument is rejected because it came from or is associated with an unlikable person or group
What is the genetic fallacy?
When an argument is dismissed because the person making is biased toward his/her conclusion
What is the genetic fallacy?
What is lacrosse?