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Fallacy - Coggle Diagram
Fallacy
Fallacies of relevance
The most numerous
Most frequently
Premises of the argument
Not relevant to the conclusion
Appear to be relevant
R3
The red herring
R2
The appeal to emotion
R4
The straw man
R1
The appeal to the populace
R5
The attack on the person
R6
The appeal to force
R7
Missing the point
Irrelevant conclusion
Fallacies of ambiguity
Equivocal use
Words
Phrases
A1
Equivocation
A2
Amphiboly
A3
Accent
A4
Composition
A5
Division
Fallacies of defective induction
Premises of the argument
Relevant to the conclusion
Weak and ineffective
D1
The argument from ignorance
D2
The appeal to inappropriate authority
D3
False cause
D4
Hasty generalization
What Is?
Type of argument
Seems to be correct
Contains a mistake
In reasoning
Main types
Informal
Pattern of mistake
More difficult to detect
Appears in deductive arguments
Certain specifiable form
Formal
Made in the everyday uses of
language
Patterns of mistake
Error
In reasoning
Premises of an argument
Fail to support its conclusion
Typical errors
Exhibit a pattern
Fallacious
Mistaken idea
False belief
Example
Fallacy of affirming the consequent
If every P is a Q
Not every Q is a P
All dogs are mammals
Not every mammal is a dog
Fallacies of presumption
Too much is assumed
In the premises
P2
Complex question
P1
Accident
P3
Begging the question