
Expressing Fallacies
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Created on July 7, 2022
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Transcript
Expressing faulty arguments
Fallacies
Fuente
Black or White
Cherry Picking
Appeal to Authority
More Fallacies!
Common Fallacies and Information Disorder
Information disorder may cause emotions to flare up and push us to comment or argue using faulty arguments called FALLACIES. But, resorting to fallacies is as good as using gasoline to put out a fire, when trying to make a point. Click on the words to find out more.
Bandwagon
Anecdotal
Ad Hominem Attack
When we attack the person instead of the ideas.
What is it?
Ad Hominem means attacking the peson instead of their ideas. Too often people will insult the person who is delivering the information instead of the information itself. The problem is that sometimes the information can be true or useful, even if we don't like who is delivering it.
Fuente
Ad Hominem Attack
How can insulting people encourage information disorder?
- Remember that fallacies:
- Are flawed arguments
- Aim at persuading
- Can trigger emotional response
- Can trigger more fallacies
- Can be unintentional
- Can be expressed by anyone
- Can be found in real or virtual discussions, conversations and debates
- Can twist the truth to fit an author’s purpose
Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's right or true.
What is it?
It means using a big group of people's opinion to show an argument is valid.When we rely on popularity to add validity to our arguments, it might just show that we don't have a lot of facts to support them. Just because "everybody says" or that many people like or dislike, doesn't mean that they are right. It just expresses a lot what a lot of people believe. If we want others to truly believe us, we need to have solid arguments based on facts.
Fuente
Bandwagon
How can information disorder create a bandwagon effect?
- Remember that fallacies:
- Are flawed arguments
- Aim at persuading
- Can trigger emotional response
- Can trigger more fallacies
- Can be unintentional
- Can be expressed by anyone
- Can be found in real or virtual discussions, conversations and debates
- Can twist the truth to fit an author’s purpose
Only chosen evidence is used to support anargument.
What is it?
It means choosing to reveal ONLY certain information without revealing information that would go against it. Just like picking the reddest cherries and ignoring the rest, cherry picking means impressing people using only selected information. This sort of one-sided information can automatically get people to think a certain way because there is no other information to consider.
Fuente
Cherry Picking
How can information disorder be easily cherry picked when arguing?
- Remember that fallacies:
- Are flawed arguments
- Aim at persuading
- Can trigger emotional response
- Can trigger more fallacies
- Can be unintentional
- Can be expressed by anyone
- Can be found in real or virtual discussions, conversations and debates
- Can twist the truth to fit an author’s purpose
Just because it happened to us, or a friend's cousin, doesn't mean it's the norm.
What is it?
It means using an isolated event or story and treat it like it's the norm.Anecdotes can be powerful stories, but they are often isolated events that don't always mean a phenomenon is widespread, but when information disorder is concerned, sensational stories can be way more attracting than boring statistics or reality.
Fuente
Anecdotal
What role do anecdotes play in spreading information disorder?
- Remember that fallacies:
- Are flawed arguments
- Aim at persuading
- Can trigger emotional response
- Can trigger more fallacies
- Can be unintentional
- Can be expressed by anyone
- Can be found in real or virtual discussions, conversations and debates
- Can twist the truth to fit an author’s purpose
Just because there is a figure of authority, doesn't mean it's legitimate information .
What is it?
Appealing to authority means using the name or the image of someone to add credibility to the information or argument we share.We are culturally raised to respect certain figures almost without questioning what they say. An expert, a nice suit or lab coat, a celebrity or a university can all add credibility to information or an argument. But in some cases they might not even be real or they might never have expressed what's reported. It could be real, it could be bogus. We hould check it before we spread it!
Fuente
Appeal to Authority
How is this fallacy often used when arguing information disorder?
- Remember that fallacies:
- Are flawed arguments
- Aim at persuading
- Can trigger emotional response
- Can trigger more fallacies
- Can be unintentional
- Can be expressed by anyone
- Can be found in real or virtual discussions, conversations and debates
- Can twist the truth to fit an author’s purpose
Given only 2 possibilities? Who says there aren't more?
What is it?
This one is popular because it's very easy to remember: we only have two possibilities to choose from -hence the name: It's either black or white. Of course, information disorder loves polarization both in the way it is expressed or how people react.
Fuente
Black or White
What kind of reactions can this fallacy create? Give examples.
- Remember that fallacies:
- Are flawed arguments
- Aim at persuading
- Can trigger emotional response
- Can trigger more fallacies
- Can be unintentional
- Can be expressed by anyone
- Can be found in real or virtual discussions, conversations and debates
- Can twist the truth to fit an author’s purpose
Unfortunately, there's a whole bunch more of them...
What?
That's right, unfortunately, faulty arguments are very popular and they contribute to our inability to confront our ideas in a constructive way.
Fuente
More Fallacies
Search for logical fallacies on your own. See how many others could help information disorder.