AP Language Logical Fallicies Flashcards

15680375920	Ad Hominem	Directly attacks someone's appearance, personal habits, or character rather than focusing on the merit of the issue at hand. This fallacy implies that if something is wrong with this person, then anything they say must be wrong.	0
15680375921	bandwagon appeal	Appeal to the popularity of the item, person, etc., as a reason for accepting it. Many people believe it or agree with it, so it must be true.	1
15680375923	Hasty Generalization	A conclusion based on insufficient or unrepresentative evidence. Stereotypes and sexism are forms of this fallacy.	2
15680375924	Non Sequitur	When the conclusion does not follow the premises (argument/statement); when what is presented as evidence or reason is irrelevant or adds very little support to the conclusion.	3
15680375925	Slippery Slope	When a relatively insignificant first event is suggested to lead to a more significant event, which in turn leads to a more significant event, and so on, until some ultimate significant event is reached, where the connection of each event is not only unwarranted, but with each step it becomes more and more probable.	4
15680375926	Strawman	Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack. Arguing something related to the topic but avoiding the actual topic	5
15680375927	False/Faulty Causality	The incorrect assumption that because one event followed another, the first caused the second	6
15680375928	Appeal to pity/overly emotional appeal	use emotion to distract the audience from the facts	7
15680375932	Weak Analogy	Claims comparisons when differences outweigh similarities (basically comparing apples to oranges).	8
15680375933	Authority Fallacy	A fallacy that offers the speaker/writer's authority as the sole reason for believing a claim.	9
15680375934	either/or fallacy	the false reasoning that there are only two options that exist	10
15680442748	Appeal to ignorance	saying that something must be true (or false) because there isn't evidence to the contrary	11