PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Joe Dimaggio, The Slippery Slope, Traditional Marriage
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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 matter which is outside his/her realm of authority: the fallacy of appeal to general. Belief you put forth a claim and believe it to be true due that it"s a common belief: the fallacy of appeal to popular. Pressure: the gambler"s fallacy previous events may influence the probability of the random event at hand events that may occur to something extreme, the fallacy of against the person. Using highly charged/accusing words to prove something: the false cause fallacy confuse a causality with a temporal event, the definitional dodge fallacy . Changing the definition of the word: the fallacy of the hasty. Generalization too quick to draw a conclusion with lack of solid evidence: the fallacy of the false dilemma.
