Ch. 7 Notes - Jolene
Chapter 7 What about Faults and Gaps in Arguments
Fallacies in Arguments
- Reasoning or logic (Activated by evidence)
- creditability (built with verification, reputation, or presentation)
- emotion (evoked by illustration)
Weak Evidence
- Insufficiency
- Unqualified Claims
- Irrelevance:
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- Correlation versus Causation
- Changing the Subject
- Straw Man Arguments
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- Truth as Support
Relying Too Much on Credibility
Getting Emotional
The Usefulness of Fallacies
"Fallacies aren't necessarily false"
Respond to Objections
- We can concede
- We can refute