PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fallacy, Nerd, Aldous Huxley

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Mark Brown

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February 28th, 2014: appeal to ignorance a lack of evidence supports the claim being true or false, appeal to inappropriate authority . When someone gives an opinion on a: the fallacy of against the person . You put forth a claim and believe it to: the straw man fallacy dumb be true due that it"s a common belief, the fallacy of appeal to popular. Too quick to draw a conclusion with lack of solid evidence: the fallacy of the false dilemma . Presented with two options when there is actually more (either/or: the fallacy of the loaded question it presupposes a certain response, the fallacy of begging the question . Changing the definition of the word: the exception that proves the rule. Fallacy someone is presented with an exception that disproves an argument but the arguer says it"s an exception to the rule. Examples: i"ve been feeding this slot machine for 20 minutes, and the person before me pumped in.