Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Logical Fallacies

Fallacies of Relevance
- evidence used is irrelevant to the actual argument, often relying on psychology or emotion to affect the audience
 ie.
  • bandwagon
  • stereotyping

Fallacies of Components/Composition
 -  a reliance on one part of the whole being true (or false), therefore the whole argument is true (or false)
ie.
  • atoms are not visible to the naked eye, humans are made of atoms, ergo humans are not visible to the naked eye

Fallacies of Ambiguity
 - incorrect reasoning due to imprecise/incorrect use of language
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Fallacies of Omission
-necessary information or data is left out in order to misdirect others

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