English 10 BH Fallacies

The process of thinking about “something” in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgment.

• Persuasion

• Reason

• Manipulation

• Argument

Argument is

• fighting over something that is important to you.

• An effort to win.

• a technique invented by ancient Sumarians.

• An effort to find the truth.

A good argument should have

• 1. facts/reasons that support the conclusion

• 1. all important information

• facts/reasons that are possible

• All of the above

an error in reasoning in which the reasons don't support the conclusion

• Bandwagon

• Fallacy

• Testimonial

• Propaganda

An error occurs here when you have all true reasons, but still reach a false conclusion

• Deductive Fallacy

• Inductive Fallacy

An error occurs here when not enough reasons are given to support a conclusion

• Deductive Fallacy

• Inductive Fallacy.

Fallacies happen when

• We don't look for sound reasons.

• We react instead of think

• We rely on our emotions to respond

• All of the above

Freak out and overreact because you’re thinking that because one thing happens, something else is going to happen next.

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Fear

When you assume something about a whole group when you only know one.

• Peer Pressure

• Hasty Generalization

• Faulty Causality

• Testimonial

Another term for Hasty Generalization is

• Peer Pressure

• Prejudice

• Slippery Slope

• Stereotyping