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	Bandwagon fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While the argument may seem convincing when not examined, a simple refutation would lie in pointing out that at a time not too distant in United States history, it was common to hold other people as slaves, which few people today would consider ethical.
		The bandwagon fallacy is a pillar of advertising, along with the appeal to authority fallacy.
		The bandwagon fallacy is not made when appealing to an expert authority or a consensus of credible experts.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bandwagon_fallacy (276 words)

	Logical Fallacies
		Bandwagon: A proposition is argued to be true because it is widely held to be true.
		Fallacy of four terms: Use a syllogism with four terms.
		Fallacy of exclusive premises: Use a syllogism with two negative premises.
	www.constitution.org /col/logical_fallacies.htm (1036 words)

	Media manipulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The process of media manipulation is the way in which individuals or groups use various tricks in dealing with the media in order to create an image of their side of an argument that is most favorable to the receiver.
		Such tricks are based on the use of logical fallacies and propaganda techniques, and are often used by suppressing information or points of view by crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or simply by drawing their attention elsewhere.
		The method is to discredit arguments coming from other countries by appealing to nationalistic pride or memory of past accomplishments, or appealing to fear or dislike of a specific country, or of foreigners in general.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Media_manipulation (897 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bandwagon-fallacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A logical fallacy is an error in logical argument which is independent of the truth of the premises.
		Ignoratio elenchi (also known as irrelevant conclusion) is the logical fallacy of presenting an argument that may in itself be valid, but which proves or supports a different proposition than the one it is purporting to prove or support.
		The genetic fallacy is a logical fallacy in which the origin of a belief, claim, or theory is confused with its justification.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bandwagon_fallacy (632 words)

	Common Argument Fallacies
		The "Red Herring" fallacy is committed when the arguer diverts the attention of the reader or listener by changing the subject to some totally different issue.
		The "Suppressed Evidence" fallacy is committed when an arguer ignores evidence that would tend to undermine the premises of an otherwise good argument, causing it to be unsound or uncogent.
		The "Bandwagon" appeal or fallacy is an encouragement to accept something as true or right simply because it is believed or done by many other people.
	www.liberty.k12.mo.us /hs/WB/wh_caf.htm (412 words)

	Fallacies [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Like its close cousin, the fallacy of appeal to the people, the bandwagon fallacy needs to be carefully distinguished from properly defending a claim by pointing out that many people have studied the claim and have come to a reasoned conclusion that it is correct.
		This fallacy is a kind of non sequitur in which the premises are wholly irrelevant to drawing the conclusion.
		The fallacy is an instance of the False Cause Fallacy.
	www.iep.utm.edu /f/fallacy.htm (13726 words)

	Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate
		This is the fallacy of assuming that something is false simply because a proof or argument that someone has offered for it is invalid; this reasoning is fallacious because there may be another proof or argument that successfully supports the proposition.
		The fallacy comes in when other aspects of the proposed solution (such as whether it is possible, how much it costs, who else might be harmed by adopting the policy) are ignored or responded to only with more impassioned pleas.
		In addition, it is not fallacious at all to point out that certain advantages or disadvantages may apply equally to both positions presented in a debate, and therefore they cannot provide a reason for favoring one position over the other (such disadvantages are referred to as "non-unique").
	www.csun.edu /~dgw61315/fallacies.html (5262 words)

	Bandwagon fallacy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In areas of a subjective nature, such as fashion or music, it could be argued that the "authority of the many" or the "appeal to popularity" is a true reflection of the subjective desires of a population group.
		The bandwagon fallacy is a pillar of (The business of drawing public attention to goods and services) advertising, along with the (Click link for more info and facts about appeal to authority) appeal to authority fallacy.
		It is a (Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue) red herring and (Click link for more info and facts about genetic) genetic fallacy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bandwagon_fallacy.htm (278 words)

	The Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies
		Red Herring is itself a subfallacy of Informal Fallacy, which is a subfallacy of the most general logical fallacy of all: Logical Fallacy.
		Logical Fallacy is not shown in the Taxonomy, though it has an entry in the files, but every fallacy in the Taxonomy is a subfallacy of it.
		To understand an individual fallacy, it may be helpful to move upward in the Taxonomy via the "Type" link, in order to understand the more general fallacy of which it is a subfallacy.
	www.fallacyfiles.org /taxonomy.html (534 words)

	Fallacies and Causal Terms from The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing
		Closely related to the post hoc fallacy is the hasty generalization, which refers to claims based on insufficient or unrepresentative data.
		This fallacy occurs when you state your claim and then, usually after rewording it, you state it again as your reason.
		The slippery slope fallacy is based on the fear that one step in a direction we don't like inevitably leads to the next with no stopping place.
	home.olemiss.edu /~gbrown/reserve/fallacies_and_causes.htm (1101 words)

	Logical Fallacies .info
		Fallacious reasoning keeps us from knowing the truth, and the inability to think critically makes us vulnerable to manipulation by those skilled in the art of rhetoric.
		If a fallacy is an error of reasoning, then strictly speaking such arguments are not fallacious; their reasoning, their logic, is sound.
		The ‘No True Scotsman’ fallacy, for example, could be classified either as a fallacy of ambiguity (an attempt to switch definitions of “Scotsman”) or as a fallacy of presumption (it begs the question, reinterpreting the evidence to fit its conclusion rather than forming its conclusion on the basis of the evidence).
	www.logicalfallacies.info (900 words)

	Media manipulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The process of media manipulation is the way in which individuals or groups use various tricks in dealingwith the media in order to create an image of their side of an argument that is mostfavorable to the receiver.
		Such tricks are based on the use of logical fallacies and propaganda techniques, and are often used by suppressing information or points of viewby crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or simply by drawingtheir attention elsewhere.
		The method is todiscredit arguments coming from other countries by appealing to nationalistic pride or memory of past accomplishments, or appealing to fear or dislike of a specific country, or of foreigners in general.
	www.therfcc.org /media-manipulation-26845.html (796 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Identifying and Understanding the Fallacies Used in Advertising
		Introduce a few of the fallacies that you selected from the The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies website, and explore how the reasoning for each appears to be correct but is, in fact, flawed.
		The objectives of this session are for students to develop and present a personal understanding of the fallacies in a selection of advertisements and construct an argument that supports their conclusions.
		Collect the completed Finding the Fallacies that Surround You handout to determine whether students are able to recognize the different fallacies used in advertising and can deconstruct the messages.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=785 (2394 words)

	35 Fallacies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because deceptions based on fallacy are so common, I would like to briefly equip you to recognize fallacious reasoning.
		Fallacy of 'is' to 'ought.' Arguing from premises that have only descriptive statements (is) to a conclusion that contains an ought, or a should.
		Fallacy of the straw man. Presenting an opponent's position in a weak or misrepresented version so that it can be easily refuted.
	members.aol.com /psybt/rsc/crit/logic/logicfal2.html (1352 words)

	Informal Fallacies
		Below are a number of what are called informal fallacies, common problems of reasoning that you will find in careless arguments.
		Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy ("after that, therefore because of that") -- a faulty or assumed cause-effect relationship that doesn't necessarily hold.
		"Bandwagon" fallacy (also called "appeal to common practice or common belief") -- accepting an idea because everyone else believes it or assumes it.
	www.csuchico.edu /phil/sdobra_mat/fallacies.html (441 words)

	FMU Writing Center - Logical Fallacies
		A logical fallacy presents a lapse in the rational sequence of an argument.
		Such fallacies are often presented by campaigning political figures who attempt to coerce or even scare people into voting for them.
		This sort of logical fallacy argues that someone should "get on the bandwagon" because "everyone else is doing it." Bandwagon appeals suggest that popularity is a legitimate reason to do something--especially something that may be unsafe, controversial, or illegal.
	acsweb.fmarion.edu /jenkunka/fallacies.html (1512 words)

	Read about Bandwagon fallacy at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Bandwagon fallacy and learn about Bandwagon fallacy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		The bandwagon fallacy, also known as appeal to the people, authority of the many, consensus gentium (from
		fallacy where something is 'proven' by stating that many or all people believe it.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Bandwagon_fallacy (255 words)

	Fallacies in Logic
		Here are some examples of an either-or argument: The U.S. can either have a strong military or a strong welfare program; A woman can either work or be a mother; Graduates can either continue their education or get a full-time job.
		This is an abbreviated form of post hoc, ergo propter hoc, a Latin phrase that means “after this, therefore because of this.” In simple terms, post hoc is a fallacy of faulty cause.
		Teenagers often use bandwagon appeal to win an argument with their parents.
	faculty.fullerton.edu /cibrahim/fallacies.html (1189 words)

	AP Language and Composition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This fallacy may be a type of “appeal to emotion,” because the general population can often be responsive to emotional appeals.
		Appeal to ridicule is a fallacy where mockery is substituted for evidence.
		This, of course, is a fallacy because it does not matter how old the superstition is, that still does not make it true.
	www.mrmilne.org /logical%20fallacies%20page%202.htm (1212 words)

	Game 3: Arizona
		The Bandwagon is insisting on it -- after all, Arizona was a playoff team last year and the 49ers won on the road.
		But unfortunately for the 49ers, their fans and the media, when one takes a close look at the game, the resounding answer is that the 49ers deserve little to no credit for this win.
		Bandwagon fallacies notwithstanding, the 49ers have not established character, big wins, or anything else of value.
	www.49erhaters.com /gsum/cards99.html (1634 words)

	Advertising
		Bandwagon: Saying that something is true because everybody believes this or does it.
		False Authority: This fallacy occurs when an argument uses as support someone who has neither the knowledge nor the reliability to give evidence on an issue.
		Plain Folks: This fallacy is based on the desire of the speaker/writer to identify with ordinary people who take pride in their ordinariness.
	www.stutzfamily.com /mrstutz/media/adfallacies.htm (957 words)

	bc skeptics \| critical thinking \| fallacies: relevance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Irrelevant reasoning fallacies are those that take place when an arguer introduces a premise that, when you think about it, is utterly beside the point.
		This may be the most common type of fallacy, because often the arguer is convinced it's relevant, too, and both sides accept it as a good point.
		So, then, to every man his chance—to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity—to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him—this, seeker, is the promise of America.
	www.seercom.com /bcs/resources/criticalthinking/irf.html (287 words)

	Encyclopedia: Media manipulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The process of media manipulation is the way in which individuals or groups use various tricks -such as doing a big pile of poo- in dealing with the media in order to create an image of their side of an argument that is most favorable to the receiver.
		An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin, literally argument to the man), is a logical fallacy that involves replying to an argument or assertion by addressing the person presenting the argument or assertion rather than the argument itself or an argument pointing out an inconsistency between...
		A straw man or man of straw is a dummy in the shape of a human created by stuffing straw into clothes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Media-manipulation (1994 words)

	Media manipulation -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Distraction by nationalism (see transfer within the article (Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause) propaganda): A variant on the traditional (Click link for more info and facts about ad hominem) ad hominem and (Click link for more info and facts about bandwagon fallacies) bandwagon fallacies applied to entire countries.
		The method is to discredit arguments coming from other countries by appealing to (An advocate of national independence of or a strong national government) nationalistic pride or memory of past accomplishments, or appealing to fear or dislike of a specific country, or of foreigners in general.
		Straw man (see (A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted) Straw man fallacy): Lumping a strong opposition argument together with one or many weak ones, to create a simplistic weak argument that can easily be refuted.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/media_manipulation.htm (978 words)

	Argumentative Fallacies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fallacies are often judgment calls: was it an ad hominem attack to focus on Clinton's sexual peccadilloes?
		fallacies are bad when they divert attention from the logos or the topic off towards emotions which are irrelevant.
		This is a fallacy when the attack is irrelevant, based solely on character and not on qualifications etc.
	virtual.clemson.edu /groups/dial/lap102/argfall.htm (1086 words)

	fallacies
		A fallacy is a mistake in an argument which consists in something other than merely false premises.
		They key to spotting a fallacy of relevance is to distinguish genuine evidence from emotional appeal.
		Two closely related fallacies, which involves diverting the listener's attention by changing the subject or drawing a slightly different conclusion than the one that should be drawn.
	www.olemiss.edu /courses/logic/fallacies.htm (574 words)

	Fallacies
		To be more specific, a fallacy is an "argument" in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support.
		A deductive fallacy is a deductive argument that is invalid (it is such that it could have all true premises and still have a false conclusion).
		An inductive fallacy is less formal than a deductive fallacy.
	www.nizkor.org /features/fallacies (524 words)

	Public Speaking Chapter 16 Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		You must avoid fallacies, which arrise when you use evidence that is irrelvant or do not use solid evidence, can be an ethical problem.
		You must be careful to avoid causal, circular, bandwagon, and strawman fallacies.
		Ither fallacies include binary thinkings, heasy generalization, attacking irrelavant features of a person, red herrings, appealing to misplaced authority, and non sequitur (illogical arguements).
	www.lothlorien.net /~jason/school/archive/com110/chapter16_beebe.html (218 words)

	Handbook of Fallacies
		This fallacy is especially widespread and devastating in the realm of political discussion, where its use renders impossible the task of discriminating among distinctively different groups of people.
		I often challenge those who commit this fallacy to eliminate from their discussion all general collective terms, and each time they want to use such a term to use instead a precisely delimiting description of the group the term is intended to subsume.
		Actually, it is only what statisticians call the fallacy of the enumeration of favorable circumstances." (Counting the hits and ignoring the misses.) Another example is the Texas Sharpshooter effect: a man shoots at the side of a barn and then proceeds to draw targets around the holes.
	rous.redbarn.org /objectivism/Writing/DavidKing/GuideToObjectivism/FALLACYS.HTM (8143 words)

	35 Fallacies
		The film, "Roshomon", by the Japanese director Akira Karosawa, is an excellent study in fallacy.
		Fallacy of converse accident (a dicto secumdum quid ad dictum simpliciter).
		Fallacy of 'is' to 'ought.' Arguing from premises that have only
	www.wdv.com /Writings/Fallacies/index.html (1359 words)

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