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Example 1
An unqualified generalization
What is dicto simplicitor?
Based on too few examples to support the conclusion
What is a hasty generalization?
An argument that begins with two
facts that contradict each other
What is “contradictory
premises:
An argument that makes an appeal
for pity
What is ad misericordiam
An argument that attatcks a person’s
character
What is ad homien?
An argument that says one event is linked another
What is post hoc?
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An argument that doesn’t leave room
for exceptions
What is dicto simplicitor
Makes an unfair accusation before considering the
matter
What is poisoning the well?
Response that brings up
irrelevant points to cloud the issue
What is ignoring the question?
Suggests that one action will lead to a series of bad results
What is slippery slope?
Make sure the things you are comparing are really similar
enough to compare
What is false analogy?
Speculation—you don’t really know what might have
happened.
What is hypothesis contrary to fact?
An argument based on popular opinion
What is ad populum?
Does not necessarily follow
What is non- sequitur.
One fallacy is based on the result of one
event-the other based on a series of
events
What are post hoc and slippery slope?
A boss says to his team, “Almost everyone in this
organization favors this project and quite frankly some of them are beginning to wonder why
we have not joined in.”
What is ad populm?
James Johnston of RJR Tobacco told a House panel that calling
nicotine addictive meant “characterizing virtually any
enjoyable activity as addictive, whether it is eating sweets,
drinking coffee, playing video games or watching TV.
What is false analogy?
Should we go to war now, or wait longer in order to give economic
sanctions a chance to work?
What is begging the question?
During a press conference a political candidate is asked a
pointed, specific question about some potentially illegal fund-
raising activity. The candidate them gives a rousing speech thanking all of his financial
supporters.
What is ignoring the question?
If we force elementary school pupils to wear uniforms, eventually we will
require middle school students to wear uniforms. In such case, high
school uniforms are not far off. Eventually even college students who attend state-funded, public schools will be forced to wear
uniforms.
What is slippery slope?
Fifty million Elvis fans can’t be wrong.
What is ad populum?
changing the subject
What is ignoring the question?
The science or study or
reasonable thinking
What is logic?
An error in logic
What is a fallacy?
An argument that begins with an
assumption that is not proven
What is begging the question?
Never, Always, Everybody
What are some examples of
superlatives?
usually, sometimes, often, many
What are some examples of qualifiers?
circular reasoning
What is begging the question?
Tainting the conclusion before the argument has begun
What is poisoning the well?
Make your wager
Made her first power point ever—even if it is pretty
lame!
Who is Mrs. Laneri?