PHIL 1021 Study Guide - Final Guide: Argumentum Ad Baculum
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Fallacies of presumption: begging the question- restates conclusion, omission of premise, Reasons in a circle: complex question- multiple meanings of a question, false dichotomy- form of ds, two options, makes one more. Attractive, if one disjunct is true, not fallicious: suppressed evidence- advertisements, changes over time, taking. Fallacies of ambiguity: equivocation- reptiiton of words, phrases, expression, amphiboly- structural or syntactical ambiguity, to whole. Fallacies of grammatical analogy: composition- part to whole, class statement, division- whole to part, general statement says something about each and every. Fallacies of relevance: appeal to force- when suggestion implies some type ofharm unless. They accept: appeal to pity- gain acceptance by eliciting pity, argument for compassion- gives reason for pity, in favor of. Extending some sort of special consideration: appeal to the people- uses natural need of listeners to be loved, Individual: bandwagon, appeal to vanity, appeal to snobbery, argument against the person (ad hominem)-attacking person who.
