D265 - STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND

D265 - STUDY GUIDE (ACTUAL / ) |QUESTIONS AND

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Irrelevant Appeals attempt to sway the listener with information that, though persuasive, is irrelevant to the matter at hand

Appeal to Unqualified Authority Relies on the opinions of people who have no expertise, training, or knowledge relevant to the issue at hand.

Appeal to Force

Telling the hearer that something bad will happen to him if he does not accept the argument. (

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Ad Populum This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do." (joining the Empire)

Appeal to Consequences attempt to motivate belief with either the good consequences of believing or the bad consequences of disbelieving (join the dark side we have cookies)

Equivocation When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument. (moon= moon or moon= death-star)

Appeal to Ignorance Arguing that a lack of evidence proves something

Texas Sharpshooter (Yeehaw) 2 / 3

Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption.

False Dilemma/ Black and White Fallac debate only has two solutions; "you are either with me or against me" - Anakin Skywalker

false dichotomy considering only two extremes when there are other possibilities

Basic Concepts

• We can go now, because
• The car is packed.

Indirect Support

• I know that Voodoo is real, because
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