DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indirect Approach, Herd Mentality, Baculum
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Fallacy: a defect in an argument that arises from either a mistake in reasoning or the creation of an illusion that makes a bad argument appear good. Non sequitur ( it does not follow ) is another name for fallacy: deductive & inductive arguments may contain fallacies are either unsound or uncogent. If an argument is unsound or uncogent, it has one or more false premises, or it contains a fallacy (or both) Fallacies are usually divided into two groups: formal fallacy: may be identified by merely examining the form or structure of an argument, found only in deductive arguments that have identifiable forms. Distinguishing formal from informal fallacies: formal fallacies occur only in deductive arguments. Informal fallacy: can be detected only by examining the content of the argument. Fallacies of relevance: the arguments in which they occur have premises that are logically irrelevant to the conclusion.
