Tuesday, July 24, 2007

THINKING FOR YOUR SELF 10


Fallacies: what’s a faulty argument?

A Fallacies is an idea which many people believe to be true, but which is in fact false because it is based on incorrect information or reasoning. Appeals to feat and pity seek to persuade through affecting emotions rather than through sound rational support for an argument. Personal attack refutes another argument by attacking the opponent rather than addressing the argument itself. circular reasoning is the assertion or repeated assertion of a conclusion as though the conclusion were a reason.

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