FAULTY LOGIC,

UNSUPPORTED
FACTS, AND
SARAH MAE D. YAP
TEACHER 1

EMOTIONAL
APPEAL
 LOGIC
is the use and study
of valid reasoning.
FAULTY
MISTAKEN OR
MISLEADING
BECAUSE OF
FLAWS.
 something that has really
FACTS
occurred or is actually the case.
 APPEAL
the power of arousing a
sympathetic response.
 describes poor reasoning, such as the use of
I - FAULTY
fallacious arguments like personal (ad
LOGIC
hominem) attacks, irrelevancies, analogies.
 1. Fallacies of Distraction
THREE TYPES OF 2.Fallacies of Ambiguity
FAULTY LOGIC:
3. Fallacies of Form
 1. FALLACIES OF DISTRACTION AD
BACULUM (VEILED THREAT)

threatening an opponent if they don’t agree with

you

EX. “ If you don’t agree with me you’ll get hurt!"

 2. FALLACIES OF AMBIGUITY
(DIVISION)
assuming that what is true of whole must
be true of the parts

EX. "The Lakers are a great team, so every

player must be great too.”
 3. FALLACIES OF FORM (POST HOC
ERGO PROPTER HOC (FALSE CAUSE)
-assuming that a temporal sequence proves
a causal relationship;

EX. I saw my crush before the test; that

must be why I did so well.
II - UNSUPPORTED FACTS

are those facts claimed by an

individual or a group of
individuals that have actually
occurred but were unable to
provide sufficient evidence to
support their claim.
III - EMOTIONAL APPEAL
IS A METHOD OF PERSUASION
THAT'S DESIGNED TO CREATE
AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE