Name-calling is a fallacy of an Ad Hominem type of Red Herring logical fallacies. The synonym is mudslinging or character assassination. It’s a lowest possible type of argument where instead of addressing the issue in question, the opponent character or identity is abused without intent to discuss anything, instead of undermining his arguments.
He can’t be right! He is such a brainwashed simpleton!
We’ve selected for you the most engaging news (tweets) from Australian news media for the week 16 October 2020 - 23 October 2020
We understand them being the most engaging by checking the comments. Those that have comments with logical fallacies of a particular kind. For example, if a comment contains Personal attacks (Argumentum Ad Personam), or Emotional Appeal to Anger we consider this tweet a triggering piece of news, or if it contains False Dichotomy Fallacy, then it’s probably a Food for Thoughts. There are other logical fallacies included into each group, see the group details below.
A Hasty Generalization fallacy, also called secundum quid Jumping to Conclusions or Anecdotal Evidense, is a logical error when you reach a conclusion not supported logically or by sufficient evidence. The key here is a generalization. Similar to a stereotype where a small sample size leads to an incorrect deduction.
For example, the DMV (department of motor vehicles) employee is moving so slow. I’ve been waiting forever. The hasty generalization example is
9 October 2020 - 15 October 2020
We’ve selected for you the most engaging news (tweets) from Australian news agencies.
How did we understand them being the most engaging? That’s simple. Those that have comments with logical fallacies of a particular kind. For example, if a comment contains Ad Hominem, we consider this tweet a bit triggering, or if it contains False Dilemma, then it’s probably a Food for Thought. You see the idea. So we prepared a couple of pieces of news for each group: “Triggering”, “Food for Thoughts” and “Team, Status Quo, and Better Life”.
Syllogistic fallacies are usually formal fallacies occuring in syllogisms.
A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός, syllogismos, ‘conclusion, inference’) is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.
Syllogistic arguments are usually represented in a three-line form, for example: