"an argument based on an unqualified generalization

 

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Logical Fallacies from Love is a Fallacy by George Argento

Example: A dicto simpliciter ("an argument based on an unqualified generalization") - the example given in the video is:

Exercise is good. Therefore everybody should exercise.

Explicit Fallacies:

1.    Hasty generalization (or "fallacy of insufficient sample") - example given in the video is

2.    Post hoc ergo propter hoc ("after it, therefore because of it", or "confusing coincidental relationships with cause") - from the video:

3.    Contradictory Premises ("self-contradiction") - from the video:

4.    Ad Misericordiam ("appeal to pity") - example given in the video:

5.    False Analogy - example from the text:

6.    Argumentum ad speculum ("hypothesis contrary to fact") - from the video:

7.     Poisoning the Well - (a specialization of ad hominem) - from the video:

Explicit Fallacies:

1.    Red herring ("wild goose chase") - from the text (hint: Look to the story in the video for the chase, but what at the end makes it a “wild goose” chase):

2.    False premise- For this fallacy, we must look to the tale itself. (hint: How does the narrator make an initial logical fallacy in his pursuit of Polly?)

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