PSY 1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ad Hominem, False Dilemma, Fallacy
13 Oct 2016
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Logical fallacy: ad hominem; attack the person not the issue. Approach to emotions: manipulate emotions to get the attentions away from other issues. Bandwagon: created impression that everyone is doing it and you may miss out. False dilemma: limits the possible choice to avoid considering other choice. Appeal to the people; use the majority as a persuasive tactic. Hasty generalization: basing your results and ideas off of small sample. Red herring: irrelevant topic to divert attention from original issue. Traditional wisdom: logic of the ways things used to be things were better in the past ignoring any problems of the past. Tenacity; information accepted as true because it has always been believed or because superstitions support it. For example, baseball players don"t change their socks or underwear because it helps them win. example, someone saying i knew this person would call example, not all athletes on cereal boxes are expert nutrition. Limitation: no method for separating accurate from inaccurate knowledge.
