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Lecture Notes

Chapter 11

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Overview of Fallacies

• Fallacies of Language

• Fallacies of Relevance

• Fallacious Appeals to Authority

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Fallacies of LanguageAmbiguity

• Informal Fallacy of Equivocation

• Informal Fallacy of Amphibole

• Informal Fallacy of False Implication

• Informal Fallacy of Composition

• Informal Fallacy of Division

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Vagueness

• Puffery

• Hyperbole or hype

• Weasel Words

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Informal Fallacy of Classification

• Denotation and Connotation

• Informal Fallacy of Loaded Language– Euphemism – Dysphemism– Informal Fallacy of Rhetorical Question

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Fallacies of RelevanceAd Hominem

• Informal Fallacy of Abusive Ad Hominem

• Informal Fallacy of Circumstantial Ad Hominem– Informal Fallacy of Guilt by Association– Informal Fallacy of Poisoning the Well – Informal Fallacy of Genetic Appeal

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Positioning, Provincialism, Tradition, and Novelty

• Informal Fallacy of Provincialism

• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Tradition

• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Novelty

• Informal Fallacy of Guilt by Association

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Fallacious Appeal to Emotion

• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Anger

• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Fear

• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Pity

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Diversionary Tactics

• Red Herring

• Straw Person

• Informal Fallacy of Two Wrongs

• Informal Fallacy of Common Practice

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Fallacious Appeals to Authority

• Appeals to Invincible Authority• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Unidentified

Authority• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Irrelevant

Authority• Informal Fallacy of Division of Expert

Opinion• Conflict of Interest