ENG 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Argument From Analogy, Fallacy, Baculum

• School: Miami University
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 111
• Professor: Elijah Simmons

Document Summary

A generalizaion based on insuicient or unrepresented evidence. A conclusion that does not logically follow from preceding statements and uses irrelevant data. An assumpion that because two things are alike in some ways they are also alike in others. The suggesion that only two alternaives exist when in fact there are more. The assumpion that because one event follows another, the irst event caused the second. Restaing the same argument or point in a diferent way instead of applying more evidence to your argument. A claim that an idea should be accepted simply because a large number of people accept it. An atack on the person proposing the argument rather than the argument itself. An argument that focuses on an irrelevant issue to detract atenion from the real issue. This fallacy is commited whenever the proponent of an argument atempts to persuade the audience to accept the conclusion by predicing (or causing) unfortunate consequences if the conclusion is not accepted.