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Arguments containing informal fallacies may be
formally valid, but
still fallacious. A
special case is a
mathematical fallacy, an
intentionally invalid mathematical...
- – the ****umption that, if a
particular argument for a "conclusion" is
fallacious, then the
conclusion by
itself is false. Base rate
fallacy –
making a...
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argumentum ad hominem,
refers to
several types of
arguments that are
usually fallacious.
Often currently this term
refers to a
rhetorical strategy where the speaker...
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being a
proposition that is false, is an
entire argument that is
fallacious. A
fallacious argument, just as with a
false antecedent, can
still have a consequent...
- that an
argument for the
middle solution or for a
compromise is
always fallacious, but
rather applies primarily in
cases where such a
position is ill-informed...
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matter "take it for
granted that ad
baculum arguments are
inherently fallacious." and
continued that "some of the textbooks,
especially some of the more...
- theory, an
argumentum ad
populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people') is a
fallacious argument which is
based on
claiming a
truth or
affirming something is...
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another thing if both
things belong to the same group. For example, a
fallacious arguer may
claim that "bears are animals, and
bears are dangerous; therefore...
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merely on the
grounds of
temporal succession. This type of
reasoning is
fallacious because mere
temporal succession does not
establish a
causal connection...
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Appeal to
emotion is an
application of
social psychology. It is only
fallacious when the
emotions that are
elicited are
irrelevant to
evaluating the truth...
