Relacionar Columnas FallaciesVersión en línea Sort out these common fallacies by their name por Bo Chapman 1 Bob may give several reasons we should accept the new policy but Bob is not an attractive man. 2 an argument that is based on attacking the person making the argument, rather than critiquing the argument on its own merits. 3 Darling adorable babies are suffering. How can you not support this legislation? 4 an argument where a conclusion is made without adequately considering other explanations that might explain the observed effect. 5 High school test scores have been on the decline. Clearly Mayor Bob does not care about education. 6 I have been on 4 bad dates. All men are awful 7 an argument that claims something is true because of an emotional reason unrelated to the argument. 8 I have had bad experiences dating 3 different women. It is impossible to make a woman happy. 9 I ate 3 Oreos then I got an A on the test. Oreos make me smarter. 10 an argument that concludes that because one individual or group experiences a certain result, then everyone should experience the similar results. An example of an improper generalization. An example of Alternative Explanation Definition of Appeal to Emotion Definition of Personal Attack An example of an improper generalization fallacy Definition of Improper Generalization An example of Appeal to Emotion. An example of Alternative Explanation An example of personal attack Definition of Alternative Explanation