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That Would Be Illogical

A list of 16 words by uselessness.

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Mr. Spock didn't need this list. But the rest of us might find it useful, if we have a point to prove.

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  • valse commented on the list that-would-be-illogical

    I'm going to seem like quite the Latin dork, but it's really just that I'm fresh out of an introductory logic course (and I may be a budding Latin dork at that).

    ad verecundiam (appeal to unreliable authority)

    ad populum (appeal to the people)

    ad baculum (appeal to force)

    post hoc ergo propter hoc

    equivocation

    amphibole (one of my personal favorite forms of ambiguity that refers to the grammatical sort). According to Wikipedia it's amphibology, as amphibole is a type of mineral

    January 4, 2007

  • abraxaszugzwang commented on the list that-would-be-illogical

    I'm currently teaching a debate class, so some of the logical fallacies are fresh in memory. There are many, but these are some I'm teaching: argumentum ad nauseam (what a perfectly cutting and intelligent way to say, "gag me."), argumentum ad ignorantiam, argumentum ad numerum, argumentum ad populum, non sequitur, and tu quoque.

    January 26, 2007