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| suggesting that controversy about one's position means the position is in fact correct |
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| diverts an opponent's attention to an irrelevant issue |
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| "I'm one of you, so you should believe in me." |
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| using an unnamed assumption to reach a conclusion |
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| arguing against the person personally |
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| what's true of the whole is true of the parts |
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| "this is true because it hasn't been proven false." |
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| unproven conclusion couched with very emotional language |
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| settling on a cause lacking the potency/power to produce "effect" |
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| self-contradictory, ridiculous claims |
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| post hoc, ergo propter hoc |
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| cause & effect defined solely on chronological basis |
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| attempting to prove something by simply restating it |
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| an appeal to physical/psychological force |
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| "everyone else is doing it!" |
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| the fallacy of composition |
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| what's true of the parts is true of the group |
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| arguing that a sign associated with multiple phenomena signifies ONE PARTICULAR thing |
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| drawing conclusions from just a few signs without corroboration |
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| settling on a single cause when there are in fact multiple causes |
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Given: if x, then y
Assume: if not x, then not y |
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| using equivalent or ambiguous terms to one's advantage |
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| reducing a complex issue to just two choices |
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| repeating the same argument over and over |
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| failing to identify the population a sample is composed from |
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| asking audience to make an immediate emotional decision |
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| not surveying enough people form the population |
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| not providing an appropriately diverse sample |
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Given: if x, then y
Assuming: if y, then x |
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| substitution of sign for cause |
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| mistaking correlation for causation |
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| misrepresenting the position of one's opponent |
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