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| assaults with abusive language |
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| Ad hominem circumstantial |
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| Implies that the circumstances of the opponent |
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| calling opponent hypocrite |
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| discount idea because of the source |
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Appeal to Fear
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| bad consequences for the opponent if they do not agree |
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Appeal to Pity
(ad misericordiam) |
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| appeal to the crowd, peer pressure |
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| appeal to elitism or discriminating taste |
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Appeal to Illegitimate Authority
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| shame the listener into agreement by citing illegitimate authority |
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| if the proposition cannot be disproved it must be likely |
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| Irrelevant Goals or Functions |
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| assumes goal or practice of policy is unrealistic or irrelevent |
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| putting opponents belief's in an inaccurate light |
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| Involves taking a generalization that is perhaps, largely true, without recognizing exceptions could exist, applying it to cases which it does not apply |
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| This argument results in making a generalization about a class of things on the basis of too few examples |
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| This is an argument by analogy that fails, largely because the things being compared to aren't similar enough to warrant the analogy |
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| This argument uses any sort of weak casual connection as the basis for the argument |
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| This argument uses numbers in a way that is to precise to be justified by the situation |
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| This is an argument that contains an important hidden assumption that is central to what is being proved, but not justified by the argument |
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| This is an attempt to frame the debate such that only two options are possible, when in fact, a third probably exists |
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| An argument based on the assumption that the correct answer is always a middle ground between two extremes |
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| This type of argument assumes that just because something is a certain way, it ought to be that way |
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| This is an argument based on the assumption that individual parts of a collective whole will necessarily have all of the characteristics of the collective whole |
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