Lecture Notes

1. Lecture Notes Chapter 11 Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

2. Overview of Fallacies • Fallacies of Language • Fallacies of Relevance • Fallacious Appeals to Authority Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

3. Fallacies of Language Ambiguity • Informal Fallacy of Equivocation • Informal Fallacy of Amphibole • Informal Fallacy of False Implication • Informal Fallacy of Composition • Informal Fallacy of Division Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

4. Vagueness • Puffery • Hyperbole or hype • Weasel Words Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

5. Informal Fallacy of Classification • Denotation and Connotation • Informal Fallacy of Loaded Language • Euphemism • Dysphemism • Informal Fallacy of Rhetorical Question Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

6. Fallacies of Relevance Ad Hominem • Informal Fallacy of Abusive Ad Hominem • Informal Fallacy of Circumstantial Ad Hominem • Informal Fallacy of Guilt by Association • Informal Fallacy of Poisoning the Well • Informal Fallacy of Genetic Appeal Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

7. Positioning, Provincialism, Tradition, and Novelty • Informal Fallacy of Provincialism • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Tradition • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Novelty • Informal Fallacy of Guilt by Association Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

8. Fallacious Appeal to Emotion • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Anger • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Fear • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Pity Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

9. Diversionary Tactics • Red Herring • Straw Person • Informal Fallacy of Two Wrongs • Informal Fallacy of Common Practice Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11

10. Fallacious Appeals to Authority • Appeals to Invincible Authority • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Unidentified Authority • Informal Fallacy of Appeal to Irrelevant Authority • Informal Fallacy of Division of Expert Opinion • Conflict of Interest Invitation to Critical Thinking Chapter 11