Tuesday, September 27, 2016

WHEN LOGIC FAILS

1. Argumentum ad antiquitatem   ( the argument to antiquity or tradition)
ex: Hey we should keep a king instead of a equally divided form of government because history proves that it works .
2.Argumentum ad ignorantiam ( argument to ignorance)
ex:  Ghosts are real because no one has proof that they are not.
3. Argumentum ad misericordiam  ( argument or appeal to pity)
ex: Do it for the poor children that don't have homes, just think about it
4.Argumentum ad numerum (argument or appeal to numbers)
ex: 80% of all people agree that red is better than blue.
5.Argumentum ad populum (argument or appeal to the public).
ex: 80% of people like pizza the best there fore most of the public agrees with me
6.Argumentum ad nauseam (argument to the point of disgust; i.e., by repitition)
ex: China... it was all China... China did this China also did that 
7.Nature, appeal to
ex: pandas being together is not normal, thats why we should keep them apart.
8.Slippery slope.
ex: If we make guns legal in the us then soon we will let any weapon be legal.


I didnt really like any of the other ones 

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