Also Known as: Scare Tactics, Appeal to Force, Ad Baculum The Appeal to Fear is a fallacy with the following pattern: Y is presented (a claim that is intended to produce fear). Therefore claim X is true (a claim that is generally, but need not be, related to Y in some manner).展开全文 原微博
Also Known as: Ad Hominem Abusive. A personal attack is committed when a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person's claim or claims. after all, no matter how repugnant an individual might be, he or she can still make true claims.展开全文 原微博
"The current Chancellor of Germany was in the Hitler Youth at age 3. With that sort of background, his so called 'reform' plan must be a facist program."展开全文
A Genetic Fallacy is a line of "reasoning" in which a perceived defect in the origin of a claim or thing is taken to be evidence that discredits the claim or thing itself. the origin of a claim or thing is taken to be evidence for the claim or thing.转发 1评论 0
