Logical Fallacies

One of the reasons that an unverifiable globe model with impossible dimensions has been able to be perpetuated for so long is that there is a serious lack of training in systematic logic. At one time, formal training in logic was an accepted and important part of classical education. It should surprise no one familiar with current world affairs that it is advantageous for those hoarding power and resources to keep the masses uneducated and their minds untrained. By learning about and pointing out the errors in logic known as logical fallacies when they occur, we can retrain our minds to think more logically and clearly about the nature of our world and other important issues.

Informal Fallacies

Informal fallacies can be determined only through analyzing the content of the argument, as opposed to formal fallacies which relate to the form of the argument.

1. Appeal to Force (Argumentum ad Baculum: Appeal to the "Stick")

1. Appeal to Pity (Argumentum as Misericordiam)

1. Appeal to the People (Argumentum ad Populum)

Example: "Of course we live on a globe. 99% of the people understand this."

1. Argument Against the Person (Argumentum ad Hominem)

Example: "Those who think the earth is flat must have never have completed elementary school."

1. Dicto Simpliciter
2. Straw Man
3. Missing the Point (Ignoratio Elenchi)
4. Red Herring
5. Appeal to Authority (Argumentum as Verecundiam)
6. Appeal to Ignorance (Argumentum as Ignorantiam)
7. Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)
8. False Cause
9. Slippery Slope
10. Weak Analogy
11. Begging the Question (Petitio Principii)
12. Complex Question
13. False Dichotomy
14. Suppressed Evidence
15. Equivocation
16. Amphiboly
17. Composition
18. Division

References

Hurley, Patrick J. A Concise Introduction to Logic. Wadsworth, 1988.