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Speech Final
Fallacies
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2013

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Fallacy
Definition
An error in reasoning
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Hasty generalization
Definition
A fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on insufficient evidence.
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False cause
Definition
A fallacy in which a speaker mistakenly assumes that because one event follows another, the first event is the cause of the second.
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Invalid analogy
Definition
An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
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Ad hominem
Definition
A fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute.
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Either-or
Definition
A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when there are more.
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Appeal to tradition
Definition
A fallacy which assumes that something old is automatically better than something new.
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Appeal to novelty
Definition
A fallacy which assumes that something new is automatically better than something old.
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Pathos
Definition
The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
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