The Fallance Of A Fallacy

The Purdue Owl article, Logical Fallacies, provides a simple classification, “Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points” (Weber). From my understanding illegitimate argument Logical Fallacies rely on faulty evidence or misrepresented evidence to support

An issue is a problem, controversy, or an idea that people can have different viewpoints about. The term claim is a point in which a writer is trying to prove. This is typically the writer’s viewpoint on the issue. A refutation is recognizing and auguring against opposing viewpoints.

A Red Herring is where an individual in the argument states something that skewers the argument because of an outside clause.

a derogatory term used mostly by others when one makes a mistake that involves repercussions.

A false assumption is a type of fallacy where a reputable assumption is made and can be “demonstrated to be false with facts stacked against the assumption” (McInerny 111). A false assumption can also be made when an arguer is assuming that his or her audience has a “knowledge of certain kind when in fact the audience doesn’t” (McInerny 112). An example

When a reason contains a fallacy, it is invalid; the conclusion is no longer acceptable, but the listener may not notice what went wrong. There are many ways arguments can go wrong and many fallacies. Some occasionally appear or are unlikely to deceive; others more undoubtedly mislead, especially when people do not examine carefully what is being said. “Fallacies are put into two groups: formal and informal. A formal fallacy is a type of inaccuracy in the logical structure of an argument. An informal fallacy is basically a flaw in logical form.” The reason may have such a flaw, but when it is put in a correct logical form something else emerges as the real problem. One type of informal fallacy is the argument from ignorance; assuming

But at the same time, scholars trained in modern formal techniques have come to view Aristotle with new respect, not because of the correctness of his theory but for the remarkable similarity in spirit between much of his work and modern logic. As Jonathan Lear put it, “Aristotle shares with modern logicians a fundamental interest in metatheory.” Aristotle saw logic as a tool that underlay knowledge of all kinds and undertook its study because he believed it to be a necessary final step for learning. Logic enables one to recognize when a judgment requires proof and to verify the validity of such proof. Aristotle’s thought had clear limitations, and his contribution to logic is generally considered to be his greatest achievement.

A syllogism is an argument in which one issue is inferred from two or more premises. For instance, in the above examples we see:

It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. I find myself currently using confirmation bias when I find information on airlines. I believe that Delta is the best airline. I disregard any negative information about them that I come across. Anytime I see an article, experience a good flight, or other positive information I use it to confirm that Delta is the best. I use my confirmation bias and only book flights with

Faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality: this occurs when our own selves have the erroneous perception of others, such as “Love” for example.

These types of fallacies occur when there are false dilemmas, ignorance, slippery slopes, or complex questions. Each of these fallacies are characterized by the illegitimate use of a logical reasoning to distract the reader from the false reasoning of

There are so many different types of thinking, arguments, and conversations that there really are an infinite amount of fallacies categories within the definition of formal and informal fallacies. I think the importance that is raised with Logical fallacies in Socratic Pedagogy is the role of the facilitator or the teacher that is modeling Socratic dialogue. It’s important for the teacher to be able to recognize each of these in not only student’s arguments, but in their own arguments so that they do not provide a negative model for their students. I think if the teacher can identify these fallacies and acknowledge them when students use them, the student will learn earl on how to not make these errors and mistakes in their arguments. Many of these fallacies are ones that I notice in today’s media and news and it’s interesting

And an axiom is an assumption, is a supposition, is an unproved claim. Correspondingly, making up stuff and calling the made-up stuff true is the axiomatic thinking fallacy. Yet the word “axiom” almost sounds real. That’s deceptive. Axioms aren’t real. In reality, axioms are things that people make up and call true. On the contrary, made-up stuff isn’t real.

The use of this fallacy is to subvert the person away from the argument and into another argument, or it could be used to have a person accept different assertions in the act of accepting one assertion. With i, we could support technical jobs and greater economic stability, but we do not have to support space exploration. We seem to do this often by accepting positions that link groups or people to set ideas. Banning weapons will reduce violence. Banning drugs will reduce addiction. While these assertions have a sense of validity to them, we should push the idea to reveal how causality actually occurs. The most problematic use of this fallacy is the blanket associations of ideas so that we agree to all of the ideas simply because we agree to a few or some of them. On a practical level this happens all of the time in congress with "riders" on bills. A bill could be about allocating states certain funding but then have a clause that allows a company to pollute. The debate over a presidential "line item veto" usually touches on "riders." for then a president could veto lines such as allowing a certain company to pollute. Perhaps we should use this fallacy in our thinking to identify "rider" ideas, and thus we can use our own version of a line-item

According to Weber (2013), “fallacies are common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument”. This may be intentional or unintentional and can also happen due to lack of evidence to support ones claim.