Hamilton English 1302 Fallacies

Brevity in the sign has produced a group of words that give rise to more than one possible interpretation, confusing the reader

Example: “Old Calf Pasture”

To argue in this way from a property of a group to property of a member.
Example: The apostles of Jesus were 12 and Matthew was a apostle. Does it follow Matthew was 12?

the mistake of assuming that what is true of an individual or group is true for the group as a whole

1. the act or an instance of equivocating 2. logic a fallacy based on the use of the same term in different senses, esp as the middle term of a syllogism, as the badger lives in the bank, and the bank is in the High Street, so the badger lives in the High Street

Noun 1. Logic . an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. 2. a statement containing an illogical conclusion.

Facts can be distorted either intentionally or unintentionally, and in either case usually to the benefit of of whoever is doing the distortion.
Example: Birth control and tobacco use

Is to ground a claim about causation on an observed temporal sequence
Example; that is to argue “after this, therefore because of this”

Unanswerable unless all three of its implicit presupposition are true
Example; “when did you stop beating your wife”

Is the precipitous move from true assertion about one or a few instances to false assertions about all.
Germans where Nazis but where Nazis only Germans

It the first step down the path that leads to ruinous interference, overregulations and totalitarian control

Used in debates about handguns and pornography laws

Guns kill people, cars kill people so should we ban cars as well

Used in politics to fraim a persons views in one light or the other.

So do you support the death penality?

We all have or favorites and make excuses for their actions.
I know he did it but hes a good kid

The argument of weather the death penality is a deterrent illustrates another fallacy

wrongly used as raises the question

The argument of weather the death penality is a deterrent illustrates another fallacy

wrongly used as raises the question