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What is a Fallacy?
a
mistake
What is Ad Hoc reasoning?
The
addition
of
irrelevant
hypotheses to a theory to save it from being
falsified.
what is circular reasoning? (begging the question)
When the
conclusion
of an
argument
is
assumed
within one of the
premises.
What is the straw man fallacy?
Changing
or
exaggerating
an
opponents
position to make it
easier
to
refute.
What is equivocation?
When the
meaning
of a word
changes
in the
middle
of an
argument.
what is the fallacy of composition?
when someone
assumes
that what is
true
of part of something
must
also be
true
of the
whole
thing.
an example of the part-to-whole fallacy?
e.g.
that brick is rectangular
, so the
building
is
rectangular
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