AP Fallacies Flashcards

6646233463	appeal to prejudice	using loaded or emotive terms to attach value or moral goodness to believing the proposition.	0
6646233464	appeal to authority	referring to an authority that may not actually be an expert in that particular field	1
6646235443	appeal to pity	The attempt to distract from the truth of the conclusion by the use of pity	2
6646235444	appeal to false causes	assumes that a particular event has a specific cause though there is more than one possible cause that hasn't been addressed	3
6646236794	appeal to false analogies	writers use similar situations to explain a relationship	4
6646236795	nonsequitur	doesn't follow a logical sequence	5
6646238889	hasty/sweeping/overgeneralization	bases an argument on insufficient evidence	6
6646238890	stereotyping	The general beliefs that we use to categorize people, objects, and events while assuming those beliefs are accurate generalizations of the whole group	7
6646240611	begging the question	a writer presents an arguable point as a fact	8
6646240612	hypostatization	changes a word or term in an argument to have an invalid meaning	9
6646240613	false authority	using an authority from another field as an expert in a different area	10
6646242386	red herring	changes the argument to something simpler and easier to argue	11
6646242388	straw man	only refuting the weakest point of an argument thus diverting from the real issue	12
6646243498	either or reasoning	reduces complex issues into black and white choices	13
6646243499	double standard	use different standards to evaluate a situation requiring one solid expectation	14
6646245221	oversimiplification	reducing an argument to a state where the complexities are not addressed	15
6646245222	equivocation	makes a faulty argument by using a word's multiple meanings by changing the meaning of the word in the middle of an argument	16
6646245223	slippery slope	suggests that one step will inevitably lead to more, eventually negative steps	17
6646247300	ad homeninum	attacking the opponent rather than the issue	18