Lecture%20Notes

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Lecture Notes

• Chapter 11

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Overview of Fallacies

• Fallacies of Language
• Fallacies of Relevance
• Fallacious Appeals to Authority

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Fallacies of Language

• Ambiguity
• Informal Fallacy of Equivocation
• Informal Fallacy of Amphibole
• Informal Fallacy of False Implication
• Informal Fallacy of Composition
• Informal Fallacy of Division

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• Vagueness
• Puffery
• Hyperbole or hype
• Weasel Words

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• Informal Fallacy of Classification
• Denotation and Connotation
• Informal Fallacy of Loaded Language
• Euphemism
• Dysphemism
• Informal Fallacy of Rhetorical Question

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Fallacies of Relevance

• Ad Hominem
• Informal Fallacy of Abusive Ad Hominem
• Informal Fallacy of Circumstantial Ad Hominem
• Informal Fallacy of Guilt by Association
• Informal Fallacy of Poisoning the Well
• Informal Fallacy of Genetic Appeal

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• Positioning, Provincialism, Tradition, and
  Novelty
• Informal Fallacy of Provincialism
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Tradition
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Novelty
• Informal Fallacy of Guilt by Association

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• Fallacious Appeal to Emotion
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Anger
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Fear
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Pity

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• Diversionary Tactics
• Red Herring
• Straw Person
• Informal Fallacy of Two Wrongs
• Informal Fallacy of Common Practice

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Fallacious Appeals to Authority

• Appeals to Invincible Authority
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Unidentified
  Authority
• Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Irrelevant
  Authority
• Informal Fallacy of Division of Expert Opinion
• Conflict of Interest