Logical Fallacies

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What is the appeal to nature fallacy?

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The belief or suggestion that something natural is always better than unnatural.

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What is an ad hominem argument?

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An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character rather than addressing the argument itself.

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What does false dichotomy mean?

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An argument that wrongly assumes there are only two possible positions.

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Provide an example of ad hominem.

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"The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him."

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What is the bandwagon fallacy?

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An argument that appeals to popular opinion as the basis for its truth.

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What is circular reasoning?

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A logical fallacy in which the conclusion is included in the premise.

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Define hasty generalization.

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A fallacy in which a conclusion is drawn from an insufficient amount of evidence.

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What is a red herring?

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A distraction from the argument that is not relevant to the topic at hand.

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Explain the false causation fallacy.

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Assuming that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second.

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What is guilt by association?

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Discrediting an argument by associating it with a person or group that is viewed negatively.