PHIL-1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Slippery Slope, Hasty Generalization
23 Aug 2018
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--premise relevant with conclusion, what are asserted as premises simply do not serve as good reasons to reach the conclusion drawn. --a fallacy in which the premises are too weak or ineffective to warrant the conclusion. Arguing that something is true because it hasn"t shown to be false. Arguing that something is false because no one has not proven to be true. Conclusion is accepted as true simply because an expert has said that it is true. The most blatant examples of misplaced appeals to inappropriate authority appear in advertising testimonials. we are urged to drive an automobile of a particular make because a famous golfer or tennis player affirms its superiority. A fallacy in which something that is not really the cause of something else is treated as its cause. A is regularly associated with b, therefore a causes b. Just because a happens before b, does not mean a causes b.
