ABSTRACT
By the end of this chapter you should:
Understand what is meant by the expression ‘logical fallacy’.
Be able to recognise and identify what is wrong with each of the following fallacies:
ad hominem, tu quoque, straw-man, slippery-slope, cause-correlation and post hoc fallacies, overgeneralisation and anecdotal evidence, false dichotomy/false dilemma, begging the question/circularity, confusing necessary and sufficient conditions, ad hoc arguments, argument from ignorance and confusion/equivocation.
Understand what is meant by the expression: ‘fallacious appeal’.
Be able to recognise and identify what is wrong with each of the following appeals: to authority, popular/majority opinion, emotion, sympathy and precedent.
