Module 2: Section D
Logical Fallacies
Listening for logical fallacies can be a bit like listening for the wrong note in a piece of music, especially if it is only off by a half step. The more you hear fallacies, the more easily you can pick them out in a debate to defeat your opponent, and the more easily you will be able to avoid them.
In this section you have learned about the following fallacies:
| • Circular Reasoning • Red Herring • Borrowed Authority • False Dilemma Or Either/Or |
• Paradox • False Analogy • The Slippery Slope |
• Broad Generalization • Straw Man • Ad Hominem |
• Ad Populum • Non-sequitur • Begging the question |
