Informal Logical Fallacies A Brief Guide

Name: Informal Logical Fallacies A Brief Guide
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ISBN: 9780761854333

ISBN-10: 0761854339

ISBN-13: 9780761854333

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Authors: Jacob Van Vleet

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This is a systematic and concise introduction to more than forty fallacies, from anthropomorphism and argumentum ad baculum, to reductionism and the slippery slope argument. With helpful definitions, relevant examples, and thought-provoking exercises, the author guides the reader through the realms of fallacious reasoning and deceptive rhetoric.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/17/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 82
Size: 6.11" wide x 9.12" long x 0.23" tall
Weight: 0.286



Preface


Introduction



Linguistic Fallacies



Fallacy of division



Fallacy of composition



Vagueness



Equivocation



Weak analogy



Pseudo-Profundity



Fallacies of Omission



Bifurcation



False dilemma



Argumentum ad ignorantiam



Shifting the burden of proof



Straw argument



Reductionism



Perfectionist fallacy



Fallacy of the unknowable fact



Willed ignorance



Fallacies of Intrusion



Argumentum ad hominem, abusive



Argumentum ad hominem, circumstantial



Argumentum ad hominem, post mortem



Argumentum ad verecundiam



Argumentum ad baculum



Appeal to common knowledge



Genetic fallacy



Argumentum ad populum



Appeal to tradition



Tu quoque



Two wrongs make a right



Red herring



Argumentum ad crumenam



Argumentum ad misericordiam



Fallacies with Built-In Assumptions



Petitio principii



Complex question



Appeal to human nature



Is-Ought fallacy



Projection



Narcissist fallacy



Anthropomorphism



Subjectivist fallacy



Causal Fallacies



Fallacy of the false cause



Fallacy of the single cause



Post hoc ergo propter hoc



Slippery slope



Gambler's fallacy



Appeal to consequences



Five Argument Forms



Exercises



Characteristics of Critical Thinking


Glossary


Recommended Reading


Bibliography


Index


About the Author