Logical Fallacies Research Paper
Dr.Wheeler created the Logical Fallacies Handlist and it states that fallacies are statements that might sound reasonable or superficially true but are actually flawed or dishonest. It is important to avoid logical fallacies as they undermine your argument. There are several types of logical fallacies and to keep track of all of them you can separate them into different categories. There are four different main categories that the certain types can go into; they are fallacies of relevance, component fallacies, fallacies of ambiguity, and fallacies of omission. The Logical Fallacies Handlist states fallacies of relevance are all fallacies that appeal to certain evidence or examples that have nothing to do with the specific argument given. The Fallacies of relevance help readers form a conclusion on the topic by distracting from the main point. The types of fallacies that
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Following are component fallacies, these are all errors in both inductive and deductive reasoning. This category has quite a few logical fallacies. The types of fallacies that are in this group are, begging the question fallacies, circular reasoning fallacies, hasty generalization fallacies, false cause fallacies, irrelevant conclusion fallacies, straw man argument fallacies, non sequitur fallacies, slippery slope fallacies, either/or fallacies, faulty analogy fallacies, undistributed middle term fallacies, and contradictory premises fallacies. Next is Fallacies of ambiguity these are fallacies that contain errors with ambiguous words or phrases that tend to shift the meaning of the discussion. The types of fallacies in this category are equivocation fallacies, amphiboly fallacies, composition fallacies, division fallacies, and fallacies of reification. Last is Fallacies of omission, these contain errors because the author leaves out important information that is viable to that specific
Following are component fallacies, these are all errors in both inductive and deductive reasoning. This category has quite a few logical fallacies. The types of fallacies that are in this group are, begging the question fallacies, circular reasoning fallacies, hasty generalization fallacies, false cause fallacies, irrelevant conclusion fallacies, straw man argument fallacies, non sequitur fallacies, slippery slope fallacies, either/or fallacies, faulty analogy fallacies, undistributed middle term fallacies, and contradictory premises fallacies. Next is Fallacies of ambiguity these are fallacies that contain errors with ambiguous words or phrases that tend to shift the meaning of the discussion. The types of fallacies in this category are equivocation fallacies, amphiboly fallacies, composition fallacies, division fallacies, and fallacies of reification. Last is Fallacies of omission, these contain errors because the author leaves out important information that is viable to that specific