Talk:LOGICAL FALLACIES/@comment-43799563-20190919033433

Edgar Morales

A fallacy is an argument which appears to be valid but in reality it is not so. It is an invalid argument which is camouflaged and which can deceive or mislead us by a show of truth. It is, so to speak, a trap, something Tricky or hidden.

1 ARGUMENT AGAINST THE PERSON: This fallacy always involves two arguers, one of them advances a certain argument, and the other then responds by directing his or her attention not to the first person’s argument but to the first person himself. When this occurs, the second person is said to commit an argument against the person. This argument against the person occurs in three forms. The ad hominem abusive, the ad hominem circumstantial and the tu quoque. In the ad hominem abusive, the second person responds to the first person’s argument by verbally abusing the first person. Example poet Allen has argued in favour of abolishing censorship of pornographic literature. But Allen’s arguments are nothing but trash. Allen, You know, is a thorough going advocate of the drug culture. This argument is irrelevant and fallacious.

2 ACCIDENT: The fallacy of accident is committed when a general rule is applied to a specific case it was not intended to cover.

3 FALLACIES OF AMBIGUITY: The fallacies of ambiguity include equivocation and amphibology. There fallacies arises from the occurrence of some form of ambiguity in either the premise or the conclusion (or both).

4 EQUIVOCATION :The fallacy of equivocation occurs when the conclusion of an argument depends on fact that a word or phrase is used in two different senses in the argument.

5 STRAWMAN: The strawman fallacy is committed when an arguer distort an opponent’s argument for the purpose of more easily attacking it, demolishes the distorted argument and then concludes that the opponent’s real argument has been demolished

Edgar Fernando Morales