Post Hoc/False Cause!
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like your commandments shut down the list :) > > . > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Saw this on FB today and thought was that this was that book of arguments > > broken down into a 10 commandments theme. > > > > 1. Thou shall not attack the persons character, but the argument. (Ad > > hominem) > > 2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a persons argument in order > > to make them easier to attack (Straw man fallacy) > > 3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty > > generalization). > > 4. Thou shall not argue thy position by assuming one of its premises is > > true. (Begging the question) > > 5. Thou shall not claim that because something occurred before, it must > be > > the cause. (Post Hoc/False Cause) > > 6. Thou shall not reduce the argument down to two possibilities. (False > > dichotomy) > > 7. Thou shall not lay the burden of proof onto him that is questioning > the > > claim. (Burden of proof reversal) > > 8. Thou shall not argue that because of our ignorance, claim must be true > > or false. (Ad ignorantum) > > 9. Thou shall not assume this follows that when it has no logical > > connection. (Non sequitur) > > 10. Thou shall not claim that because a premise is popular, therefore it > > must be true. (Bandwagon f > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
