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Fallacies of Evidence
In John Capps & Donald Capps (eds.), You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think. Malden MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 45–79 (2009)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The False Cause Fallacy Hasty Generalizations Failure to Take Context into Account Suppressing Relevant Evidence The Gambler's Fallacy Affirming the Consequent/Denying the Antecedent The Fallacies of Composition and Division Missing the Forest for the Trees.Author's Profile
fallacies of evidence ‐ beliefs or assertions involving relevant and unsupported claims false cause fallacy ‐ post hoc fallacy, identifying something as cause of a particular event second fallacy of evidence ‐ hasty generalization failure to take context into account suppressing relevant evidence gambler's fallacy ‐ belief that an event is more likely to take place “affirming the consequent” ‐ fallacy of affirming the consequent “denying the antecedent” fallacies of composition and division Missing The Forest For The Trees ‐ trying to give evidence in support of claims
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