guide to fallacies


	guide to fallacies

reneeg

4-23-2007 10:29 AM

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reneeg says:

Check out the entire site, pretty good summary of why we make made invalid judgments and incorrect decisions.

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</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">Hasty
Generalization</SPAN></B><SPAN lang="EN-US">: the sample is too small to support
an inductive generalization about a population</SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Ø<SPAN>     
</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">Unrepresentative
Sample</SPAN></B><SPAN lang="EN-US">: the sample is unrepresentative of the
sample as a whole</SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Ø<SPAN>     
</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">False
Analogy</SPAN></B><SPAN lang="EN-US">: the two objects or events being compared
are relevantly dissimilar</SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Ø<SPAN>     
</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">Slothful
Induction</SPAN></B><SPAN lang="EN-US">: the conclusion of a strong inductive
argument is denied despite the evidence to the contrary</SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Ø<SPAN>     
</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">Fallacy
of Exclusion</SPAN></B><SPAN lang="EN-US">: evidence which would change the
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