PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fallacy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sascha Maicher

Document Summary

Hasty generalization - fallacy of over estimating the sample, and making a general statement (generalizing from too few cases) Depends upon the subject of the generlization. Depends on the nature of the thing being generalized (some popuations are more homogenous than others) How diverse is the potential range of the subject we are speaking about. Sample group has something special and non-indicative of the group as the whole (kijiji example) Apply a general rule to a specific case which is an exception. The more features they share, more like the more important feature we try to determine is shared, All the shared features are connected to the important one and how close (exm 9) Weak analogies base judgment on unimportant similarities and features that are irrelevant. To what extent is the authority, an appropriate authority. When the authority is not an appropriate authority it is a false authority.