For this week’s course notes FROM CHATPER 7 ; CRITICAL THINKING BY MOORE & PARKER ; focus on understanding the various types of induction fallacies. These are key concepts in identifying flaws in reasoning when generalizing from specific cases. Your notes should include the following terms:
Hasty Generalizing
Argument by Anecdote
Refutation by Anecdote
Hasty Generalizing Used as Disproof
Skewed Generalizing
Fallacy of Biased Sample
Self-Selection Fallacy
Accident
Weak Analogy
Mistaken Appeal to Authority
Mistaken Appeal to Popularity
Appeal to Tradition
Bandwagon Fallacy
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Cum Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Confusing Correlation with Causation
Overlooking the Possibility of Chance Variation
Overlooking the Possibility of Regression to the Mean
Slippery Slope
Untestable Statement
Select 5 of the above and provide an example that illustrates how the fallacy appears in reasoning.