10 Fallacies

10 Fallacies That you should know to do in assignment 2 and use it to argue in assignment 3.

The definition of this 10 fallacies i make by myself this is really simple to understand

The Top Ten Fallacies of All Time

1. Ad Hominem Argument – Argue about something, which has the same meaning. For example, “Look at the house, the house is beautiful”. “No, the house is courageous”.


2. Straw Man – Debate about something that people already know it was not true but the person still want beat a dead house. For example, police officers in bank caught the robber and police officers investigate them in dark room in some place that had been secret. “Why you robe that bank?” ask one of police officer to the robber. The robber say to police officer “Hey, don’t simply accuse me robbed the bank, I just ask the bank clerk to put money in bag and ask other people don’t disturb my job. When they don’t want put money in bag I show my revolver to them that’s all,” said robber to police officer. “Hey stupid that’s not asking ok?” That is call robbery. “No, I don’t like to robbery the bank I very scare to do that” “Hey, what you had did call R.O.B.B.E.R.Y stupid!” The police officer very angry and put that robber to the jail.

3. Argument from outrage – Disputing that use insult manner, argue, and not think something very wisely what to say. It sometimes has vulgar word when it happens. For example, Ali is fight with his friend because his friend took his girl friend. They argue about the manner and Ali insult his friend and use vulgar word to his friend.

4. Scare Tactic: Make a statement that can fear someone by using psychology manner but it do not have evidence to say that. For example, “All of you must finish this assignment or I will fail you in this course”. Say Mr X to his student.

5. Hasty Conclusion: Make the conclusion by not think critically about the result. For example, “You can not simplify that lecturer is bad person base of his face” You need to remember ‘don’t judge book from it’s cover’ “say Joyah to Gayah.

6. Group think – loyalty to group when do something important or it has certain, purpose. For example, In Organizing Event course we need to organise some event. In my event group, there are actually have two different group and we do not like each other. When to do the event we become loyalty each other and help each other because this course need us to work together as team.

7. Red Herring: It was the fallacy that use by brilliant people that can twist the fact and notice that question that might being answer was not the question that had been asked. For example, one of ‘Datuk’ was ask about rumour that said he had scandal to one of local artist. “Datuk is that true that you have scandal with one of our local artist?” “Actually this story had spread around of this country and I don’t know how this happen. I actually not friend with that local artist I was help her to do her job. She like me to help her because she said I kind to help her in her job. I do not know what the best thing to describe about this rumour is. Said ‘Datuk’ to reporter

8. Wishful Thinking: Fail to see something truth. For example, there are two best friends, Senah and Joyah. Senah had boyfriend his name is Kulob. One day Senah’s boyfriend go date with Joyah and Kulob give Senah ring. Joyah meet Senah and show to Senah about that ring which Kulob give to her. Senah did not agree. She thought Kulob only give Joyah ring as friend gift but she did not know her boy friend has fair with her best friend.

9. Argument from Popularity: The believing according what all of people said and it must be true. The example, everybody said that people who take TESL in university only can be teacher and there cannot change their profession.

10. Pos hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc: The two same things happened around the same time but it does mean that one is caused for another. For example, Senah want to kill Joyah because Joyah took Senah’s boyfriend. She plans to kill her by using rat poison. One day she put rat poison on Joyah food, but before Joyah start to eat suddenly, Joyah fainted. Senah shock and take Joyah to hospital. Before Joyah arrive at hospital, Joyah died. Doctor said that Joyah died because of heart disease. Senah very happy because Joyah died he can go back to her boyfriend back.