Know your Fallacies!

[riqster]

Saw this elsewhere on the Internets, and thought that it could be useful here as well.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. They forgot a few

Strawman, No True Scotsman, Red Herring, Slippery Slope, etc.

If anyone wants to see any of these, then just go to any internet messageboard anywhere and they'll be on full display.

[riqster]

2. They left a fair few out, yes.

But it is always handy to have a reminder.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Here's another good one:

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/pdf/LogicalFallaciesInfographic_A3.pdf

[riqster]

6. Bookmarking. Thanks! nt

[pscot]

7. I printed that. Thanks

[ZombieHorde]

11. There are hundreds of fallacies, according to some of my professors. nt

[PowerToThePeople]

4. people/facts/viewpoints

People have their own views on things. Sometimes these views do not agree. Pay close attention if they do not. Think about them from a viewpoint other than factual. Is the view valid in that non-factual viewpoint? If so, then no fallacy exists with that view from that viewpoint. You should accept that view as fact.

[riqster]

5. I usually default to data

In other words, whoever has the evidence on their side is who I will tend to listen to. It helps me to just blow past argument construction and get to the heart of the matter at hand.

[Bragi]

8. Admirable but hard to do

Studies show that people tend to process data/facts through existing beliefs, values, etc.

When facts don't reflect our settled view, we tend to discount them.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

[riqster]

9. Oh, yeah. Gotta watch out for that.

But in my experience, simply taking a well-constructed argument for Gospel without checking the factual bases is even trickier.

[Bragi]

10. Agreed! /nt