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Bandwagon (Argumentum Ad Populam)

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An advocate will assert that the audience should accept a proposition because “everyone else” accepts it.

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Appeal to Tradition

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Occurs when an advocate or opponent asserts that a proposition or claim must be true or right because it has always been thus.

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Appeal to Authority

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Supports an argument by essentially stating that a proposition is justified or not justified mainly because someone or some document of importance or significance supports it.

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Ad Ignorantiam

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Appeal to ignorance. Occurs when a statement is made that something must be true simply because it has not been proven false (or vice versa).

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Part-Whole Composition (Majoring On Minors)

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An opponent may break the advocate’s argument into its component parts, asserting that each part ALONE, working by itself, is inadequate to solve the whole problem. Or he/she critiques one flaw, ignoring the whole policy.

(Often occurs when proposing policies).

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Ad Hominem

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“To the man.” Occurs when an advocate will not reply directly to an opponent’s argument, but instead attack the character of the opponent directly.

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Tu Quoque

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“You’re another.” Occurs when the advocate suggests that because someone else did something, she/he should be allowed to do it too.