Logical Fallacies to avoid for Stronger Arguments 7 - 12

Continued examination of common logical fallacies that weaken and distract from the logic and evidence that should be supporting your position. Ad Hominem fallacies attack someone personally rather than using logic to refute their argument. False facts use false or inaccurate information to weaken a fact or position. A slippery slope argument extends the current situation to an illogical future extreme. An Appeal to Ignorance focuses on what is not known in order to avoid supporting an issue. A correlation / causation fallacy presents two things that appear to change in relation to one another in order to imply that one factor is affecting the other. The Begging the Question fallacy makes a circular argument where the initial premise or argument is only true if the conclusion is true.

0:00 Introduction
0:16 Ad hominem
1:30 False Facts
2:29 Slippery Slope
3:40 Appeal to Ignorance
4:50 Correlation / Causation Fallacy
6:43 Begging the Question Fallacy

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