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| Arguer threatens reader/listener |
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| Arguer elicits pity from reader/listener |
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| Arguer arouses mob mentality |
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| Arguer appeals to read/listener's desire for security, love, respect, etc. |
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| Arguer verbally abuses other arguer |
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| Ad Hominum (circumstantial) |
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| Arguer presents other arguer as predisposed to argue this way |
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| Arguer presents other arguer as hypocrite |
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| General rule is applied to a specific case it was not intended to cover |
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| Arguer distorts opponent's argument and then attacks the distorted argument |
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| Arguer draws conclusion different from that supported by the premises |
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| Arguer leads reader/listener off track |
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| Appeal to unqualified authority |
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| Arguer cites untrustworthy authority |
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| Premise report that nothing is known or proved, then conclusion is drawn |
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| Conclusion is drawn from an atypical sample |
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| Conclusion depends on nonexistent or minor causal connection |
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| conclusion depends on unlikely chain reaction |
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| Conclusion depends on defective analogy |
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| Arguer created the illusion that inadequate premises are adequate by leaving out a key premise, by restating the conclusion as a premise, or by reasoning in a circle. |
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| Multiple questions are concealed in a single question |
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| "Either...Or..." statement hides additional alternatives |
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| Arguer ignores important evidence that requires a different conclusion |
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| Conclusion depends on a shift in meaning of a word or phrase |
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| Conclusion depends on the wrong interpretation of a syntactically ambiguous statement |
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| Attribute is wrongly transferred from parts to whole |
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| Attribute is wrongly transferred from whole to parts |
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