Falacies

dcfive65

Anyone familiar with them?
I learned about 9 out of 21 of em today in philosophy. Dayum they are easy to remember but when it comes to arguments, I can't seem to define the type of falacy the argument is commiting...

Bikerman

Well, firstly they are FALLACIES.
Here is a nice site which runs through the major fallacies and gives an example of each.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/

Chris65536

Agghhh, I had to learn these for "Critical Thinking" at college. Plus how to write a well-reasoned argument. I turned up to nearly every lesson with a well-reasoned argument as to why I shouldn't have to do Crit. Thinking. Every time I was hit by the "Appeal to Authority" fallacy by my teacher ("Because I say so").

It's funny looking at examples of fallacy though.

dcfive65

Well thanks for the correction. Fallacies are confusing and I am currently trying to master each fallacy. I have a midterm coming up in 2 weeks and I need to pass this. Thank you for the source! Much Appreciated.

wombatrpgs

Logical fallacies? This is actually one of my favorite Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

Pretty comprehensive... And it's very fun to just list off one of the more esoteric ones whenever someone uses it. It seems they're very hard to respond to.

Indi

i like this one: http://www.fallacyfiles.org/

The best part about it is the taxonomy of fallacies, which helps you figure out exactly which fallacy is being used.

dcfive65

AHHH More sources, thanks guys. I'll be posting a few fallacies and hopefully ya'll can help me label them. Very Happy

Bikerman

Nice site Indi - I like that better than the one I suggested (now duly bookmarked Smile

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dcfive65 - don't expect us to do your homework for you. As an ex-teacher I have to be careful, or the teaching police will arrest me for unprofessional conduct Smile

wombatrpgs

Wow... I like the fallacyfiles site... Now I need to go spend some time digging through the ones I'm unfamiliar with... Which might take a while.

dcfive65