Informal Logical Fallacies by Vleet, Jacob E. van -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface Introduction Chapter One: Linguistic Fallacies

1.1 Fallacy of division 1.2 Fallacy of composition 1.3 Vagueness 1.4 Equivocation 1.5 Weak analogy 1.6 Pseudo-Profundity

Chapter Two: Fallacies of Omission

2.1 Bifurcation 2.2 False dilemma 2.3 Argumentum ad ignorantiam 2.4 Shifting the burden of proof 2.5 Straw argument 2.6 Reductionism 2.7 Perfectionist fallacy 2.8 Fallacy of the unknowable fact 2.9 Willed ignorance

Chapter Three: Fallacies of Intrusion

3.1 Argumentum ad hominem, abusive 3.2 Argumentum ad hominem, circumstantial 3.3 Argumentum ad hominem, post mortem 3.4 Argumentum ad verecundiam 3.5 Argumentum ad baculum 3.6 Appeal to common knowledge 3.7 Genetic fallacy 3.8 Argumentum ad populum 3.9 Appeal to tradition 3.10 Tu quoque 3.11 Two wrongs make a right 3.12 Red herring 3.13 Argumentum ad crumenam 3.14 Argumentum ad misericordiam

Chapter Four: Fallacies with Built-In Assumptions

4.1 Petitio principii 4.2 Complex question 4.3 Appeal to human nature 4.4 Is-Ought fallacy 4.5 Projection 4.6 Narcissist fallacy 4.7 Anthropomorphism 4.8 Subjectivist fallacy

Chapter Five: Causal Fallacies

5.1 Fallacy of the false cause 5.2 Fallacy of the single cause 5.3 Post hoc ergo propter hoc 5.4 Slippery slope 5.5 Gambler’s fallacy 5.6 Appeal to consequences

Appendix I: Five Argument Forms Appendix II: Exercises Appendix III: Characteristics of Critical Thinking Glossary Recommended Reading Bibliography Index About the Author