Informal Logic fallacies

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Across
  1. 8. The speaker misuses statistics.
  2. 9. Confusion that is created by placing emphasis on one particular word or phrase.
  3. 10. Arguments assume that a rival's recommendation should be discounted because the rival does not always follow it himself.
  4. 12. Latin: ad misericordiam
  5. 14. Confusion caused by treating a purly linguistic distinction as if it were a real distinction.
  6. 15. Arguments that distract by making the audience afraid of the consequences of disagreeing with the speaker.
  7. 16. Arguments that distract by making a case for the wrong point.
  8. 17. Arguments that attempt to disprove an opponent's position by presenting it in an unfair inaccurate light.
  9. 19. arguments that distract by making the audience want to either be part of an old tradition or of the latest cool, new thing.
Down
  1. 1. The speaker makes an argument on the basis of two few examples.
  2. 2. arguments the claim that since. proposition cannot be disproven, it must therefore be true or likely.
  3. 3. arguments that try to discredit an opponent because of his background, affiliations, or self-interest in the matter at hand.
  4. 4. The speaker makes a argument using a weak causal connection.
  5. 5. Arguments that distract by making the audience want to feel special.
  6. 6. The speaker extends a generalization to exceptional cases.
  7. 7. Ambiguity that is created by the fact that a word has more than one meaning.
  8. 11. Arguments that state than idea should be discounted simple because of its source or origin.
  9. 13. The speaker makes an argument by comparing two things that really are not very similar.
  10. 18. Arguments that distract by making the audience want to be part of the crowd or one of the "common" people.