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Logical Fallacy: a error in reasoning
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0 comments All Discussions | Below is the statement as it appears with the fallacy marked as correct. You can see the totals of most frequent responses to this statement. And after reading the any discussion going on below, you can select your choice(s) for the correct answer. For now, whoever posts each statement can update corrections. |
John: "Sally was saying that people shouldn't hunt animals or kill them for food or clothing. She also..."
Wanda: "Well, Sally is a sissy crybaby who loves animals way too much."
John: "So?"
Wanda: "That means she is wrong about that animal stuff. Also, if we weren't supposed to eat 'em, they wouldn't be made of meat."
Wanda: "Well, Sally is a sissy crybaby who loves animals way too much."
John: "So?"
Wanda: "That means she is wrong about that animal stuff. Also, if we weren't supposed to eat 'em, they wouldn't be made of meat."
Ad Hominem
AKA Ad Hominem Abusive, Personal Attack Category: Fallacies of Relevance (Red Herrings) → Ad hominems (Genetic Fallacies) Translated from Latin to English, "ad Hominem" means "against the man" or "against the person." An ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument. Typically, this fallacy involves two steps. First, an attack against the character of person making the claim, her circumstances, or her actions is made (or the character, circumstances, or actions of the person reporting the claim). Second, this attack is taken to be evidence against the claim or argument the person in question is making (or presenting). This type of "argument" has the following form:
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1,488 Total Answer Attempts 48%
719 Correctly Popped Fallacies
769 Incorrectly Un/Popped
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Example from LaBossiere's Forty Two Fallacies
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Most Common Responses70 - Personal Attack 64 - Appeal to Ridicule 43 - Confusing Cause and Effect 42 - Poisoning the Well 39 - Ad Hominem Tu Quoque 36 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 33 - Appeal to Spite 29 - Appeal to Belief 27 - Fallacy of Composition 26 - Genetic Fallacy 26 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 26 - Biased Generalization 21 - Appeal to Emotion 20 - Begging the Question 20 - Red Herring 19 - Hasty Generalization 19 - Ignoring a Common Cause 19 - False Dilemma 17 - Guilt by Association 16 - Slippery Slope 16 - Relativist Fallacy 13 - Appeal to Common Practice 13 - Misleading Vividness 13 - Gambler's Fallacy 12 - Middle Ground 11 - Post Hoc 11 - Burden of Proof 10 - Appeal to Popularity 10 - Fallacy of Division 10 - Appeal to Tradition 9 - Appeal to Authority 9 - Special Pleading 7 - Peer Pressure 4 - Appeal to Fear 4 - Appeal to Pity 3 - Appeal to Novelty 2 - Appeal to Flattery |
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