Begging the Question (literal translation from latin petitio principii) is a logical fallacy where the premise on which the conclusion is based, is already assumed to be true. This allows one to make an argument without sufficient evidence. The term begging the question is first credited to Aristotle as one of the thirteen fallacies listed in De Sophisticis Elenchis, the first work to address the subject of deductive reasoning.
A loaded question is a form of complex question (Latin plurium interrogationum, “of many questions”; also fallacy of many questions, fallacy of presupposition, compound question) that contains a controversial assumption the respondent has not accepted—often a presumption of guilt. Any direct answer appears to ratify that assumption.
So what is a loaded question? It looks like a request for information. Functionally it is a trap: the real work is done by the unspoken premise, not by your reply.
Fallacy of Composition, composition fallacy, faulty induction or exception fallacy - is a type of argument when one claims that if something is true for the part then that is true for the whole or the group too.
This fallacy is related to the fallacy of hasty generalization, in which an unwarranted inference is made from a statement about a sample to a statement about the population from which it is drawn. The Fallacy of Composition is the converse of the Fallacy of Division.
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We’ve selected for you the most engaging news (tweets) from Australian news agencies.
How did we understand them being the most engaging? That’s simple. Those that have comments with logical fallacies of a particular kind. For example, if a comment contains Ad Hominem, we consider this tweet a bit triggering, or if it contains False Dilemma, then it’s probably Food for Thought. You see the idea.
Name-calling is a fallacy of an Ad Hominem type of Red Herring logical fallacies. The synonym is mudslinging or character assassination. It’s a lowest possible type of argument where instead of addressing the issue in question, the opponent character or identity is abused without intent to discuss anything, instead of undermining his arguments.
He can’t be right! He is such a brainwashed simpleton!