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Fallacies Table
Fallacies Table
DISTINCTION WITHOUT A
CIRCULAR ARGUMENT BEGGING THE QUESTION EQUIVOCATION
DIFFERENCE
3. Focus on the motivations of the speaker - “Of course, you’d say that. You stand to profit if it’s
true.” Again, maybe that is correct, or maybe it isn’t, but the argument stands or falls on its own merits,
regardless of who, where, when, or why the argument is made.