Logical Fallacy AP Language Flashcards

5531382931	Strawman	you misinterpreted someone's argument to make it easier to attack	0
5531382932	false cause	you presumed that a real or perceived relationship between one thing is the cause of the other	1
5531383178	appeal to emotion	you attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument	2
5531385864	the fallacy fallacy	You presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong	3
5531385865	slippery slope	you said that if we let A happen , that Z will eventually happen. Therefore A should not happen	4
5531388272	ad hominem	you attacked your opponents character or personality traits in an attempt to undermine their argument	5
5531388273	tu quoque	you avoided having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser - you answered criticism with criticism.	6
5531390663	personal increduilty	because you found something difficult to understand, or are unaware of how it looks you made it out like it is probably not true	7
5531390664	special pleading	you move the goalposts or made up an execption when your claim was proven false	8
5531392646	loaded question	you asked a question that had a presumtion built into it so that it could not be answered without appearing guilty	9
5531392647	burden of proof	you said that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove	10
5531392712	ambiguity	you used a double meaning or ambiguity of language to mislead or misinterpret the truth	11
5531395086	the gambler's fallacy	You said that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.	12
5531395087	bandwagon	you appealed to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation	13
5531398050	composition/divison	You assumed that one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it; or that the whole must apply to its parts.	14
5531401182	no true scotsman	You made what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of your argument.	15
5531401183	genetic	you judged something as either good or bad on the basis of where it comes from, or who it came from	16
5531401184	black or white	you presented two alternative states as the the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist	17
5531403474	begging question	you presented a circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise	18
5531403475	appeal to nature	you argued that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good or ideal.	19
5531403476	anecdotal	You used a personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence.	20
5531406244	Texas sharpshooter	You cherry-picked a data cluster to suit your argument, or found a pattern to fit a presumption.	21
5531406245	middle ground	you claimed that a compromise or a middle point between two extremes must be the truth	22
5531531472	appeal to authority	you said that that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true	23