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Informal Logical Fallacies
A Brief Guide
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2012
Summary
Critical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds us —- whether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the foundations of analytical thought. Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide 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. This is an essential guide to philosophical reflection and clear thinking.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5432-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5434-0
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
71
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access
1.1 Fallacy of division No access
1.2 Fallacy of composition No access
1.3 Vagueness No access
1.4 Equivocation No access
1.5 Weak analogy No access
1.6 Pseudo-Profundity No access
2.1 Bifurcation No access
2.2 False dilemma No access
2.3 Argumentum ad ignorantiam No access
2.4 Shifting the burden of proof No access
2.5 Straw argument No access
2.6 Reductionism No access
2.7 Perfectionist fallacy No access
2.8 Fallacy of the unknowable fact No access
2.9 Willed ignorance No access
3.1 Argumentum ad hominem, abusive No access
3.2 Argumentum ad hominem, circumstantial No access
3.3 Argumentum ad hominem, post mortem No access
3.4 Argumentum ad verecundiam No access
3.5 Argumentum ad baculum No access
3.6 Appeal to common knowledge No access
3.7 Genetic fallacy No access
3.8 Argumentum ad populum No access
3.9 Appeal to tradition No access
3.10 Tu Quoque No access
3.11 Two wrongs make a right No access
3.12 Red herring No access
3.13 Argumentum ad crumenam No access
3.14 Argumentum ad misericordiam No access
4.1 Petitio principii No access
4.2 Complex question No access
4.3 Appeal to human nature No access
4.4 Is-Ought fallacy No access
4.5 Projection No access
4.6 Narcissist fallacy No access
4.7 Anthropomorphism No access
4.8 Subjectivist fallacy No access
5.1 Fallacy of the false cause No access
5.2 Fallacy of the single cause No access
5.3 Post hoc ergo propter hoc No access
5.4 Slippery slope No access
5.5 Gambler's fallacy No access
5.6 Appeal to consequences No access
Appendix 1: Five Argument Forms No access Pages 39 - 44
Appendix II: Exercises No access Pages 45 - 56
Appendix III: Characteristics of Critical Thinking No access Pages 57 - 58
