Chapter 17: Fallacies of Argument

Mark RuizSam Clark

Dora RodriguezClay

Fallacies of Emotional Argument (Pathos)

• Scare Tactics- Reducing complicated situations into simple threats or the exaggeration of a possible danger to get a desired outcome

• Slippery slope- Exaggeration of future consequence by suggesting that a small misstep will initiate a series of reactions, ending a bigger result(“logical fallacies”)

Direct TV- Roadside Ditch

Allstate Mayhem

Pathos continued

• Either or consequences-

Pathos Continued

Sentimental Appeals- Relying entirely on manipulatively heart-warming or heart-wrenching appeals to emotionto win support for what has not been otherwise rationally justified

Bandwagon- Example:Tebowing. Suggesting that because others are doing it, you should as well.

Fallacies of Authority (Ethos)• Dogmatism-

• There’s no way a man could ever love a man or a woman could ever love a woman as much as a man and a woman can love each other (“logical fallacies”).

• There’s no way that anyone can argue that abortion is anything other than murder (“logical Fallacies”).

• Ad Hominem– Theory: When you destroy the credibility of your opponents

you either destroy their ability to present reasonable appeals or distract from the successful arguments offered.

– Example:

Fallacies of Logical Argument (Logos)

• Hasty Generalizations– Qualify our claims appropriately as

generalizations are necessary to understand a large population.

• Faulty Causality• Begging the Question

Everybody Hates Chris- Stereotype: All black people are good at basketball.

Logos continued

• Equivocation- A half Truth• Non-sequitur-• The Straw Man- Becomes an argument

against a false opponent.• Faulty Analogy- An analogy is a

comparison of two circumstances to better grasp the obscurity of the subject. A faulty analogy is a failed attempt at this.

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