Love Is a Fallacy s1

“Love is a Fallacy” Additional Fallacies Ad Hominen – Attack against the man- attacks the person rather than the argument ( The American Trial Lawyers favor this legislation, so you know it won’t be good for the average citizen. Or Mr. Smith can’t represent the Welder’s Union—he enjoys the opera more than professional wrestling!)

Slippery Slope—Assumes that one action will invariably set off a chain of events that will have a negative4 of undesirable outcome. (If I miss the bus to school, I won’t have time to take my test, and I will probably fail Geometry> or If you don’t get to bed early, you will be too tired to do well on the ACT tomorrow—and then you won’t get into a decent college and you will end up a washed up alcoholic in a trash bin.) . Begging the Question- (also referred to as circular reasoning) The conclusion is based on an unstated or unproven assumption; often the conclusion simply restates the premise. (Abortion is murder, since killing a baby is an act of murder. Or..Past life memories of children prove that past life exists, because children could have no other source of memories besides having lived in past life.

Ad Populum- (Also called appeal to the man or appeal to the crowd) The argument appeals to popular opinion in order to provide support for a claim. (All I can say, is that if cheating is wrong, I have plenty of company or There’s nothing wrong with “fudging” on your taxes—everyone does it.)

Ignoring the Question- Shifts attention away from the real issue“ (Question: Do you like my new hair cut? Answer: That color looks really good on you!) Question: Did you eat the rest of the cookies? Answer: Johnny ate some too!)