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FALACIES - Coggle Diagram
FALACIES
Fallacies Of Relevance
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Tu Quoque
When an arguer rejects another person's argument because that person fails to practice what he preaches (hypocrite)
Mom: You should stop spending a lot of money
Daughter: Look who's talking, you also spend a lot of money too
Straw Man
An arguer distorts opponent's argument or claim to make it easier to attack/
substituting a person's actual position or argument with distorted, exaggerated or misenterpreted version of position of the argument
Sarah: We should clean the house. They are getting messy
Suzy: Why we have to clean the house. Do weed need to clean the house for every hours?
Red Herring
Fallacy that is an irrelevant topic introduced in an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from original issue
The mother ask the child to go to sleep but the child begins to talk about he is hungry to distract his mom and avoid to go to the bed
Appeal to Pity
When an arguer inappropriately attempts to evoke feeling of pity or compassion from his listeners or readers
Teacher: Why are you late today, Meil?
Meil: I'm sorry teacher, my cat died this morning and my father's car is broken and this the reason why i'm late to school
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Subjective Fallacy
Appeal To Emotion
Daughter: Mom I'm too full, I can't eat any more
Mother: You should eat everything on your plate, think of all starving children in africa who doesn't have enough food
Attempt to persuade the reader through and appeal to emotions, morals, or values rather than facts
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