| A | B |
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| appeal of force | provides some sort of threat of harm to listener if the conclusion is not accepted |
| appeal of pity | attempts to get the conclusin accepted by evoking pity from the listener or reader |
| appeal to the people | tries to get the conclusion accepted by playing upon the listener's desire to be loved, esteemed, admired, valued, recognized, or accepted by others |
| argument against the person | arguer directs his or her attention to the person of a second arguer & not to the second arguer's argument |
| appeal to authority | cites the testimony or belief of an authority who is not necessarily reliable or who is not an expert in the subject at hand |
| appeal to ignorance | nothing is known with certainty about certain subject/conclusion states something definite about subject |
| fallacy of accident | is committed when a general rule is wrongly or unjustifiably applied to a specific case. |
| hasty generalization | is committed when a conclusion is drawn about all the members of a group or population from premises about some sample of the group that is not representative. |
| false cause | link between premises & conclusion in an argument depends on the supposition of some causal connection that does not exist |
| fallacy of missing the point | premises of argument lead, or seem to lead, to one conclusion & then completely different conclusion drawn |
| begging the question | when the arguer uses some trick or device to hide the fact that a premise may not be true |
| complex question | single question is asked that really involves two or more, all of which answered by appropriate answer to single question |
| fallacy of weak analogy | inductive arguments from analogy when analogy between two things is not strong enough to support conclusion |
| slippery slope | a vareity of the false cause fallacy |
| suppressed evidence | presumption that is clearly related to begging the question |
| straw man | misinterprets a certain argument for purpose of attacking, refutes the misinterpreted argument |
| red herring | diverts the attention of reader/listener by going off on extraneous issues & points but ends by assuming that some conclusin relevent to the point at hand has been established |
