SQ 8

SQ8



Argumentum Ad Baculum: This fallacy is an appeal to force. This fallacy is implemented when trying to convince someone to believe something through force. This is a fallacy because force is not an argument and cannot offer any justification.

Begging the Question: This fallacy is a circular argument. The conclusion of the argument is hidden in the premise. This is a fallacy because it contains a presupposition in the premise that hasn’t been addressed in the argument.

The Big Lie: This is a fallacy because the argument is not made to demonstrate truth but to deceive, which is the exact opposite why arguments are even presented. Arguments are made to demonstrate truth, not to intentionally deceive.

Composition and Division: This fallacy tries to make the claim that an object has the properties of the component parts that make up the object.

Division: This fallacy tries to make the claim that the component parts of an object have the properties of the object that they make up.

Empty Generalization: This fallacy is a failure to make the argument clear. This can be avoided by citing concrete examples. Otherwise the argument is lost in abstraction.

Equivocation: This fallacy is deceptive use of ambiguous words to justify your argument. Another form of this argument of this is in the criticism by Plato in Theatetus. Once this argument has made known to you, you should promise yourself never to use it again.

False Cause: This fallacy is a failure to show a casual relationship between a premise and the conclusion. The argument may only show correlation and maybe no relation at all.