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If you are still feeling puzzled or curious about the fallacies covered in this section or would like more information on non-sequiturs and red herring fallacies especially, see:
Red Herring (from Wi-Phi)
Red Herring and Non Sequitur (from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Non Sequitur (from Logical Reasoning by Bradley Dowden)
Fallacy of Irrelevant Reasons (from Critical Reasoning: A User's Manual by Jason Southworth and Chris Swoyer)
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References
Dowden, B. (2020a). Fallacies. In J. Fiser & B. Dowden (Eds.). The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. University of Tennessee at Martin. https://iep.utm.edu/fallacy
Dowden, B. (2020b). Logical reasoning. California State University Sacramento. www.csus.edu/indiv/d/dowdenb/4/logical-reasoning-archives/Logical-Reasoning-2020-05-15.pdf
Southworth, J. & Swoyer, C. (2020). Critical reasoning: A user's manual. Philosophy Open Educational Resources. https://doi.org/10.58809/QGVO1509
Are you feeling puzzled or curious about the fallacies covered in this section? Don't worry, there's plenty of information on this topic. To learn more about exaggerated arguments, see:
"Hasty Generalization" section from Chapter 4: Informal Fallacies by Cassiano Tessa Rodrigues
Slippery Slope (from Wi-Phi)
Hasty Generalization, Slippery Slope, and False Dilemma from Excelsior University Online Writing Lab)
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Reference
Dowden, B. (2020). Fallacies. In J. Fiser & B. Dowden (Eds.). The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. University of Tennessee at Martin. https://iep.utm.edu/fallacy
If you are still feeling puzzled or curious about the fallacies covered in this section or would like more information and examples of fallacies that attack the character of the people or groups who disagree with the argument, see:
Ad Hominem and Straw Man Fallacy (from Wi-Phi)
Ad Hominem and Straw Man Fallacy (from Excelsior University Online Writing Lab)
"Argument directed to the person" and "The straw man fallacy" section from Chapter 4: Informal Fallacies by Cassiano Tessa Rodrigues
Genetic Fallacy and Caricaturization (from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
To review the references for the above activity, see the list below.
References
Dowden, B. (2020). Fallacies. In J. Fieser & B. Dowden (Eds.). The internet encyclopedia of philosophy. University of Tennessee at Martin. https://iep.utm.edu/fallacy
Rodrigues, C.T. (2020). Informal fallacies. In B. Martin (Ed.). Introduction to philosophy: Logic. https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-logic/
If you are still feeling puzzled or curious about the fallacies covered in this section or would like more information on the topic of appealing to emotion, popularity, or authority, see the list below:
Emotional Appeals (from Bram van Heuveln)
Appeal to the People (from Wi-Phi)
Appeal to the People (from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Bandwagon Fallacy (from Excelsior University Online Writing Lab)
"Appeal to popular opinion", "Appeal to pity" and "Appeal to authority" section from Chapter 4: Informal Fallacies by Cassiano Tessa Rodrigues.
Finally, to review the references for the above activity, see the list below.
Reference
Rodrigues, C.T. (2020). Informal fallacies. In B. Martin (Ed.). Introduction to philosophy: Logic. https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-logic/