SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Tu Quoque, Ad Hominem, Begging
26 Nov 2013
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Fallacies that you are responsible for on the test. Fallacies involving the person: personal attack fallacies. Fallacies that undermine the argumentation process: appeal to ignorance (critical thinking, p. 186; logic and contemporary. Rhetoric, p. 82-83: begging the question (critical thinking, p. 189-191; logic and. Contemporary rhetoric, p. 61-62: general begging the question, question-begging epithet, complex question or fallacy of loaded presupposition or fallacy of loaded questions. Identify the conclusion or main point in a fallacy. (2. Identify the reason being given for that main point. (2. Marks: name of the fallacy. (2 marks) Identify the criteria for the fallacy. (2 marks) Step 2 of the process of analyzing fallacies consists of defining the fallacy = explaining the conditions under which the fallacy occurs. Show how this particular fallacy fits the criteria. (2. Challenge the fallacy. (10marks: explain what is wrong with using this pattern of reasoning with reference to any violations of the 3 criteria for a good argument .
