ENGL 112 Study Guide - Gateway Drug Theory, Snob, Begging
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Logical fallacies faulty reasoning, failure to provide sufficient evidence for a claim that is being made. Tips for finding fallacies: pretend you disagree with the conclusion you"re defending. What parts seem easiest to attack: list your main points; under each one, list the evidence you have for it. Seeing claims and evidence laid out this way make you realize you have no good evidence for a particular claim: be aware that broad claims need more proof than narrow ones. Claims that use sweeping words like [all, no, none, every, always, never, no one, everyone, historically, universally etc. ] require a lot of evidence. Instead, use words like [some, many, few, sometimes etc. ] False dichotomy (either-or: definition: suggests that there are only two choices in a complex situation. If there are other alternatives, don"t just ignore them, explain why they too should be ruled out.
