Bad arguments : 100 of the most important fallacies in Western philosophy /: 100 of the most important fallacies in Western philosophy. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Arp, Steven Barbone, Michael Bruce.
• Editors: Arp, Robert; Barbone, Steven; Bruce, Michael (Michael David)
• Contents: Notes on Contributors xiii Introduction 1 Part I Formal Fallacies 35 Propositional Logic 37 1 Affirming a Disjunct 39; Jason Iuliano 2 Affirming the Consequent 42; Brett Gaul 3 Denying the Antecedent 46; Brett Gaul Categorical Logic 49 4 Exclusive Premises 51; Charlene Elsby 5 Four Terms 55; Charlene Elsby 6 Illicit Major and Minor Terms 60; Charlene Elsby 7 Undistributed Middle 63; Charlene Elsby Part II Informal Fallacies 67 Fallacies of Relevance 69 8 Ad Hominem: Bias 71; George Wrisley 9 Ad Hominem: Circumstantial 77; George Wrisley 10 Ad Hominem: Direct 83; George Wrisley 11 Ad Hominem: Tu Quoque 88; George Wrisley 12 Adverse Consequences 94; David Vander Laan 13 Appeal to Emotion: Force or Fear 98; George Wrisley 14 Appeal to Emotion: Pity 102; George Wrisley 15 Appeal to Ignorance 106; Benjamin W. McCraw 16 Appeal to the People 112; Benjamin W. McCraw 17 Appeal to Personal Incredulity 115; Tuomas W. Manninen 18 Appeal to Ridicule 118; Gregory L. Bock 19 Appeal to Tradition 121; Nicolas Michaud 20 Argument from Fallacy 125; Christian Cotton 21 Availability Error 128; David Kyle Johnson 22 Base Rate 133; Tuomas W. Manninen 23 Burden of Proof 137; Andrew Russo 24 Countless Counterfeits 140; David Kyle Johnson 25 Diminished Responsibility 145; Tuomas W. Manninen 26 Essentializing 149; Jack Bowen 27 Galileo Gambit 152; David Kyle Johnson 28 Gambler’s Fallacy 157; Grant Sterling 29 Genetic Fallacy 160; Frank Scalambrino 30 Historian’s Fallacy 163; Heather Rivera 31 Homunculus 165; Kimberly Baltzer ‐Jaray 32 Inappropriate Appeal to Authority 168; Nicolas Michaud 33 Irrelevant Conclusion 172; Steven Barbone 34 Kettle Logic 174; Andy Wible 35 Line Drawing 177; Alexander E. Hooke 36 Mistaking the Relevance of Proximate Causation 181; David Kyle Johnson 37 Moving the Goalposts 185; Tuomas W. Manninen 38 Mystery, Therefore Magic 189; David Kyle Johnson 39 Naturalistic Fallacy 193; Benjamin W. McCraw 40 Poisoning the Well 196; Roberto Ruiz 41 Proving Too Much 201; Kimberly Baltzer ‐Jaray 42 Psychologist’s Fallacy 204; Frank Scalambrino 43 Red Herring 208; Heather Rivera 44 Reductio ad Hitlerum 212; Frank Scalambrino 45 Argument by Repetition 215; Leigh Kolb 46 Special Pleading 219; Dan Yim 47 Straw Man 223; Scott Aikin and John Casey 48 Sunk Cost 227; Robert Arp 49 Two Wrongs Make a Right 230; David LaRocca 50 Weak Analogy 234; Bertha Alvarez Manninen Fallacies of Ambiguity 239 51 Accent 241; Roberto Ruiz 52 Amphiboly 246; Roberto Ruiz 53 Composition 250; Jason Waller 54 Confusing an Explanation for an Excuse 252; Kimberly Baltzer ‐Jaray 55 Definist Fallacy 255<br />Christian Cotton 56 Division 259; Jason Waller 57 Equivocation 261; Bertha Alvarez Manninen 58 Etymological Fallacy 266; Leigh Kolb 59 Euphemism 270; Kimberly Baltzer‐Jaray 60 Hedging 273; Christian Cotton 61 If by Whiskey 277; Christian Cotton 62 Inflation of Conflict 280; Andy Wible 63 Legalistic Mistake 282; Marco Antonio Azevedo 64 Oversimplification 286; Dan Burkett 65 Proof by Verbosity 289; Phil Smolenski 66 Sorites Fallacy 293; Jack Bowen Fallacies of Presumption 297 67 Accident 299; Steven Barbone 68 All or Nothing 301; David Kyle Johnson 69 Anthropomorphic Bias 305; David Kyle Johnson 70 Begging the Question 308; Heather Rivera 71 Chronological Snobbery 311; A.G. Holdier 72 Complex Question 314; A.G. Holdier 73 Confirmation Bias 317; David Kyle Johnson 74 Conjunction 321; Jason Iuliano 75 Constructive Nature of Perception 324; David Kyle Johnson 76 Converse Accident 330; Steven Barbone 77 Existential Fallacy 332; Frank Scalambrino 78 False Cause: Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 335; Bertha Alvarez Manninen 79 False Cause: Ignoring Common Cause 338; Bertha Alvarez Manninen 80 False Cause: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 342; Bertha Alvarez Manninen 81 False Dilemma 346; Jennifer Culver 82 Free Speech 348; Scott Aikin and John Casey 83 Guilt by Association 351; Leigh Kolb 84 Hasty Generalization 354; Michael J. Muniz 85 Intentional Fallacy 357; Nicolas Michaud 86 Is/Ought Fallacy 360; Mark T. Nelson 87 Masked Man 364; Charles Taliaferro 88 Middle Ground 367; Grant Sterling 89 Mind Projection 369; Charles Taliaferro 90 Moralistic Fallacy 371; Galen Foresman 91 No True Scotsman 374; Tuomas W. Manninen 92 Reification 378; Robert Sinclair 93 Representative Heuristic 382; David Kyle Johnson 94 Slippery Slope 385; Michael J. Muniz 95 Stolen Concept 388; Rory E. Kraft, Jr. 96 Subjective Validation 392; David Kyle Johnson 97 Subjectivist Fallacy 396; Frank Scalambrino 98 Suppressed Evidence 399; David Kyle Johnson 99 Unfalsifiability 403; Jack Bowen 100 Unwarranted Assumption 407; Kimberly Baltzer ‐Jaray Index 410
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 100; Philosophy -- Miscellanea; Common fallacies; Reasoning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119165804; 9781119165798
• Related ISBNs: 9781119165781; 9781119167907
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