PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Baculum, Straw Man, Begging The Question
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On exam, given questions exactly like the ones in this chapter. Asked to identify the fallacy if there is one. Fallacy is a piece of reasoning that often looks like an argument (and often is an argument) that is convincing, but there is a problem with the argument. Different kind of flaw than just being invalid. In many cases it is not the logic, but it is what else is going on in the argument that is the problem. What is being used to try to convince someone of something is false reasoning. The person who commits the fallacy attacks the person instead of countering the argument. It has nothing to do with the argument that they are proposing. There are cases where it is legitimate to use this fallacy. If the person"s character is relevant to the claim it is not ab hominem.