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1 Recognizing & Avoiding Fallacies
Ch. 8 - Fallacies Recognizing & Avoiding Fallacies Overview of Fallacies Video - Funny Cartoon

2 Fallacies in Reasoning
Fallacy of GENERALIZATION - “Hasty G” Hasty G Video TRANSFER Composition Division - “Guilt/Gilt by Association” Guilt by Association Video Can be Negative (Guilt) or Positive (Gilt) Refutation - “Straw Man” argument Straw Man Video

3 Fallacies in Reasoning
IRRELEVANT ARGUMENTS - “Red Herring” Red Herring Video AVOIDING the ISSUE Simple evasion “Ad Hominem” Ad Hominem Video FORCING A DICHOTOMY - “False Dilemma” False Dilemma Video

4 Fallacies of Appeal Appeal to IGNORANCE
“” the PEOPLE – “The Bandwagon Appeal” “” EMOTION

5 Fallacies of Appeal “” AUTHORITY “” TRADITION “” HUMOR
Tradition Fallacy Video (Airbender) “” HUMOR Apology Bot Video

6 Fallacy of Language Emotionally Loaded Language Loaded Language Video

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