Accent Distinction Without a Difference Quoting out of Context Ambiguity fallacies Equivocation The fallacy of equivocation is committed when a term is used in two or more different senses within a single argument ID: 538921
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Equivocation,Accent,Distinction Without a Difference, Quoting out of Context
Ambiguity fallaciesSlide2
EquivocationThe fallacy of equivocation is committed when a term is used in two or more different senses within a single argument.
Also know as: homonymSlide3
ExampleAll banks are beside rivers. Therefore, the financial institution where I deposit my money is beside a river. Slide4
Distinction without a differenceThe assertion that a position is different from another position based on the language when, in fact, both positions are exactly the same -- at least in practice or practical terms.
Exception: sometimes there can be minute differences with degrees of meaning or measurementSlide5
Bre: What is the difference between a dodge challenger and a Chevy corvette?Chandler: Six and one half- dozen.Slide6
Accentfallacies that depend on where the stress is placed in a word or sentence.AKA: sarcasm
Mr.
Trubitt’s
opinion: Sarcasm is not a bad thing; except when it is overdone.Slide7
ExampleJohn: I heard Ethan jumped off a bridgeMr.
Trubitt
: Yeah I could
imagine
Ethan jumping off a bridge.Slide8
Quote out of Context