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Title: Fallacy Quiz

Description: Differnt types of Fallacies

Total Flash Cards: 9

Created: 11/08/2007 20:48:12

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Ad hominem
 Definition
personal comment
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False Cause
 Definition
States something is true and then states the cause of this happening without giving suffeicent eveidence to support the cause
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Two Wrongs
 Definition
A person trys to justify a wrong by reffering to a wrong that was committed by someone else
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Hasty Generalization
 Definition
States characteristics and then asumes that all things share that characteristic
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False Analogy
 Definition
False assumption that two things are comparable
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Stereotyping
 Definition
Only used in relation to people
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Strawman
 Definition
Twists ones words and points
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Appeal to popularity
 Definition
a person argues that becuase everyone or many people think believe or do something, then it must be ture, good, or right.
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False prediction
 Definition
Prediction w/o evidene