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APPEAL TO IGNORANCE An appeal to ignorance uses lack of evidence (for
or against) as the basis of the argument. For
example, if something can't be disproven, it must
be true!
Example
You have a family member who has a terminal
disease. You hear of a possible new cure being
offered in another country. You contact the group
promoting this cure and ask if it works. They say,
"No one has ever shown that it doesn't work, so of
course it works!"
HASTY GENERALIZATION Definition
A hasty generalization occurs 'when a conclusion is
drawn from a sample that is too small or selective
to assume with any confidence that it represents
the subject accurately' (Goodpaster & Kirby, 2006,
p. 205).
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POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC Definition
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc at times is one of the
most persuasive fallacies. Assuming that because B
follows A, A must have caused B. This is an easy
fallacy to assume because this could happen, but
we cannot always assume this happens. Some
things just happen due to coincidence and the two
things really having nothing to do with each other.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc can also be the source
of superstitious thinking. Think about an athlete who
wears his 'lucky' socks and the team wins the game,
you might conclude that wearing 'lucky' socks
leads to winning. Maybe you break a mirror and
then soon after you get into an accident, you might
conclude that breaking the mirror led to that
misfortune. These occurrences are merely
coincidental and are not the reason for one's
misfortune.
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the
following form:
Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject
S.
Person A makes claim C about subject S.
Therefore, C is true (Nizkor, 2013).
In the video above, we see a young man proceed
with a lawsuit based on the advice of his doctor
even though the doctor has no legal background
whatsoever. This erroneous acceptance is based on
the belief that the person is the expert or
authoritative so therefore everything they say must
be true. In this case, the doctor was not qualified to
make a claim about the legality of the car cash, so
his reasoning was fallacious.
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Terms in this set (14)
APPEAL TO IGNORANCE An appeal to ignorance uses lack of evidence (for
or against) as the basis of the argument. For
example, if something can't be disproven, it must
be true!
Example
You have a family member who has a terminal
disease. You hear of a possible new cure being
offered in another country. You contact the group
promoting this cure and ask if it works. They say,
"No one has ever shown that it doesn't work, so of
course it works!"
HASTY GENERALIZATION Definition
A hasty generalization occurs 'when a conclusion is
drawn from a sample that is too small or selective
to assume with any confidence that it represents
the subject accurately' (Goodpaster & Kirby, 2006,
p. 205).
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POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC Definition
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc at times is one of the
most persuasive fallacies. Assuming that because B
follows A, A must have caused B. This is an easy
fallacy to assume because this could happen, but
we cannot always assume this happens. Some
things just happen due to coincidence and the two
things really having nothing to do with each other.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc can also be the source
of superstitious thinking. Think about an athlete who
wears his 'lucky' socks and the team wins the game,
you might conclude that wearing 'lucky' socks
leads to winning. Maybe you break a mirror and
then soon after you get into an accident, you might
conclude that breaking the mirror led to that
misfortune. These occurrences are merely
coincidental and are not the reason for one's
misfortune.
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the
following form:
Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject
S.
Person A makes claim C about subject S.
Therefore, C is true (Nizkor, 2013).
In the video above, we see a young man proceed
with a lawsuit based on the advice of his doctor
even though the doctor has no legal background
whatsoever. This erroneous acceptance is based on
the belief that the person is the expert or
authoritative so therefore everything they say must
be true. In this case, the doctor was not qualified to
make a claim about the legality of the car cash, so
his reasoning was fallacious.
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