Thursday, March 18, 2010

Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacy refers to a structural flaw in an argument which renders it invalid.

Ad Hominem refers to a argument that can be attributed to the speaker's personal beliefs of background.

False Casualty - an argument that states that an event is caused by another, without providing a logical connection between the two.

Red Herring - purposefully changing subjects to make your argument appear stronger.

Overgeneralization - an argument that is too vague or simple, so that it could be applied to anything.

Bandwagon Effect - the act of doing or believing in certain activities or ideas simple because everybody else does or believes; following a fad

(Yeah, Marissa and I did this yesterday)

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