College Composition / Unit 30 CMP 0742 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fallacies Travel Together
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The idea
Fallacies often appear in combination, one reinforcing another.
In practice
An appeal to fear often accompanies a slippery slope; guilt by association often works with hasty generalization or ad hominem, especially against a group.
Where people slip
Naming one fallacy in a passage should prompt a search for its usual partners.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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