3 Types Of Fallacies

According to the text, a fallacy is a bad argument that is typically unable to be fixed. There are three types of fallacies discussed in the text: structural fallacies, content fallacies, and violations of the Principles of Rational Discussion.

A Structural Fallacy is an argument by which its form determines it to be a bad argument.

Content Fallacies are arguments where the claims/premises require fixing.

Principles of Rational Discussion: the assumption that the person that we are talking/writing to:

1. Knows about what is being discussed

2. Is willing and/or able to reason well

3. Is not lying

I found most interesting the violations of the Principles of Rational Discussion because I find myself guilty of this fallacy. I am known for beginning a discussion without considering first who I am talking to or their knowledge of what I am planning to present to them. I find myself usually talking above people's heads. Reading about this type of fallacy will make me consider these principle when speaking/presenting to others.