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Identifying and Overcoming Fallacies

Tianna Major

Wilmington University

Introduction to Critical Thinking, PHI 100

Prof. Lauren Sickler

September 22, 2024

Fallacy is a mistake in deduction that can lead us to wrong decisions or principles, which

is why we need to be capable of recognizing and defeating them. The two fallacies that I struggle

with the most are the temptation of ignorance fallacy within the class Fallacy of Relevance and

the slippery slope fallacy within the class Fallacy of Unwarranted Conjectures.

The fallacy of appeal to ignorance occurs when a person states that an allegation is true

only if it has never been proven to be false, otherwise it is frailty. For instance, I believe that I

had a supernatural encounter in my family house but no one believes me however, nobody's been

able to prove they aren't there The present error is difficult to describe in everyday life since it

relies more on the absence of witnesses than on the presence of witnesses, making it difficult to

pinpoint a near primary glance.

The slippery slope fallacy occurs when a person claims that a particular action inevitably

leads to a series of events, typically not constructive, lacking contribution sufficient to maintain.

For example, I believe that if I fail a class, I will fail the course, abandon college, and end up

with a dead end job. I feel as though this slippery slope argument often exploits my fear by

painting a worst-case scenario without considering potential qualifying factors.


First I will try to actively search external evidence and critically analyze arguments before

accepting them as fact. By asking questions and looking for supporting evidence, I can avoid

believing that there is no evidence to support my beliefs. Furthermore, a constructive dialogue

with peers and professors may help to clarify the difficulties of the hypotheses and reveal the

promise bias, which is likely to offer the wrong idea.

Second, in order to address the slippery slope fallacy, I will try to break down the

depressed complicated argument into smaller, more manageable parts and examine the related

move for logical coherence. By determining the links among events and measuring the

robustness of the causal linkages, I can better determine whether a series of events is likely to

occur or simply a bad series of consequences. Furthermore, a wide range of views and opinions

and a reliable source of information can provide additional perspectives and perspectives to

counter this fictitious thinking.

Ultimately, recognizing and defeating misconceptions will be crucial for developing

robust critical thinking abilities and generating informed judgments. I plan to increase my

competence to evaluate arguments, avoid logical errors, and engage in reasoned discussion

within the limits of the academic setting by knowledge and dynamically solving fallacies such as

the appeal to ignorance and the slippery slope fallacy.

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