PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: The Slippery Slope, Ad Hominem, Slippery Slope
16 Aug 2018
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This module will focus on 11 common logical fallacies/errors. You will learn about the name of logical errors, an explanation of the logical error as well as an example of the logical error. Ad hominem - ad hominem is latin for "to the man. " The ad hominem fallacy occurs when one asserts that somebody"s claim is wrong because of something about the person making the claim. Appeal to authority - the appeal to authority is a fallacy of irrelevance when the authority being cited is not really an authority. E. g. , to appeal to einstein to support a point in religion would be to make an irrelevant appeal to authority. Einstein was an expert in physics, not religion. Begging to question/assuming the answer - begging the question is a fallacious form of arguing in which one assumes what one claims to be proving assuming an answer in the way the question is phrased.
