MODR 1730 Lecture Notes - Ad Hominem, Genetic Fallacy, Circular Reasoning
3 Dec 2013
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Fallacy is a pattern of reasoning that is fundamentally erroneous. An argument with a false claim, involves a specific false claim or assumption, a fallacy is a pattern of faulty reasoning that can be found in many different arguments. Attacks on the person ( fallacies of (ir) Arguments with hidden premises such that these premises are a) unstated, b) false, or: Do a 1,2,3 analysis = map argument (1); identify one fallacy in the argument (2); and justify your selection of fallacy (3) Use conventional form, indicating the premises with p1, p2 etc. and the conclusion with c. The 2 families of fallacies are 1) relevance and 2) presumption. Fallacies of ir/relevance - (i-iv, xiii) 172-177, 195-196 attacking someone or group in order to prove conclusion of argument: ad hominem ( abusive or circumstantial) P1 you are a bad person and so c i can"t trust you. P1 you own apartment buildings so c of course you oppose rent controls.
