Identify three examples of faulty reasoning in persuasion. Define and give an example of each
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Examples will vary, but answer should include three of the following fallacies:
- Causal: making a causal connection without enough evidence to support the cause-and-effect conclusion.
- Bandwagon: arguing that the most popular viewpoint or action is correct.
- Either/or: oversimplifying an issue by stating there are only two approaches to a problem.
- Hasty generalization: reaching a conclusion from little or no evidence.
- Ad Hominem: attacking irrelevant personal characteristics of a person proposing an idea, rather than attacking the idea itself.
- Red herring: using irrelevant facts or arguments as distractions during an attack on an issue.
- Appeal to Misplaced Authority: using the actions of a person in a position of power or celebrity as the authority on a topic.
- Non Sequitur: a conclusion that simply does not follow from a statement.
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