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FALLACIES (Ad populom (You should get a driver’s licence. All the other…
FALLACIES
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Ad miseracordiam
Have you hear nothing about how this man’s family suffered during the economic recession? And yet you stand here trying to accuse him of theft?
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Slippery slope
You need money to enjoy a good life.
To get enough money, you need a good job.
You cannot get a good job without graduating from college. Therefore, if you want to enjoy a good life, you should go to college.
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Ad hominem
Shifting the attention from the argument itself to the person who presents it with an aim to delegitimize it
Straw man
(Intentional) misrepresentation of opponent’s position be making it easily refutable and then refuting it
Faulty analogy
Analogy being used to support the assertion, but with similarities too remote
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Appeal to ignorance
(1) Not knowing that a certain statement is true is taken to be a proof that it is false. (2) Not knowing that a statement is false is taken to be a proof that it is true.