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Fallacies - Coggle Diagram
Fallacies
Main Characteristics
The premises of an argument fail to
support its conclusion
Any error on reasoning
Typical errors
Labeled
Easy to identify
Type of incorrect argument
Informal falacies are more difficult to detect
Fallacies of relevance and its sub-types
The premises of the argument aren't relevant to the conclusion but they seem to be so
Types
The appeal to the populace
The appeal to emotion
The red herring
The straw man
The attack on the person
The appeal to force
Missing the point (irrelevant conclusion)
Fallacies of defective induction and its sub-types
Weak and ineffective premises
Types
The argument from ignorance
The appeal from innapropiate authority
False cause
Hasty generalization
Fallacies of presumption and its sub-types
Too much is asummed during the premises
Types
Accident
Complex question
Begging the question
Fallacies of ambiguity and its sub-types
Equivocal use of words or phrases
Types
Equivocation
Amphiboly
Accent
Composition
Division