Fallacy

This fallacy literally means hitting the person below the belt instead of focusing on the issue at hand.

• Argumentum ad Hominem “Attacking the Person”

• Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)

• Argumentum ad Misercordiam (Appeal to Pity)

• Argumentum ad Populum “Appeal to people”/ Bandwagon fallacy

• Argumentum ad Tradition “Appeal to Tradition”

Advancing an idea since it has been practice for a long time.

• Argumentum ad Hominem “Attacking the Person”

• Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)

• Argumentum ad Misercordiam (Appeal to Pity)

• Argumentum ad Populum “Appeal to people”/ Bandwagon fallacy

• Argumentum ad Tradition “Appeal to Tradition”

This is committed when a person uses threat or force to advance an argument.

• Argumentum ad Hominem “Attacking the Person”

• Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)

• Argumentum ad Misercordiam (Appeal to Pity)

• Argumentum ad Populum “Appeal to people”/ Bandwagon fallacy

• Argumentum ad Tradition “Appeal to Tradition”

A person uses emotion to convince someone

• Argumentum ad Hominem “Attacking the Person”

• Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)

• Argumentum ad Misercordiam (Appeal to Pity)

• Argumentum ad Populum “Appeal to people”/ Bandwagon fallacy

• Argumentum ad Tradition “Appeal to Tradition”

Most of TV commercials are guilty of this argument which exploit people’s vanity, desires.

• Argumentum ad Hominem “Attacking the Person”

• Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)

• Argumentum ad Misercordiam (Appeal to Pity)

• Argumentum ad Populum “Appeal to people”/ Bandwagon fallacy

• Argumentum ad Tradition “Appeal to Tradition”

based on insufficient evidence

• Fallacy of Equivocation

• Fallacy of Division

• Fallacy of Composition

• Hasty Generalization

Infers that something is true of a part, is true of a whole

• Fallacy of Equivocation

• Fallacy of Division

• Fallacy of Composition

• Hasty Generalization

something is true of the whole, must also be true on its parts

• Fallacy of Equivocation

• Fallacy of Division

• Fallacy of Composition

• Hasty Generalization

the same term in a different situation with different meaning

• Fallacy of Equivocation

• Fallacy of Division

• Fallacy of Composition

• Hasty Generalization

discipline that affects the way these words are used.

• The Analytic Method

• The dialectic method

• The Pragmatic Method

• The Phenomenological Method

• The Primary and Secondary reflections