Fallacies of Irrelevance
(2017, original release: 2016)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
1338349
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

Learn how to keep a discussion focused by recognizing common diversionary fallacies. Ad hominem attacks try to undermine the arguer instead of the argument. Straw man tactics substitute a weaker argument for a stronger one. And red herrings introduce an irrelevant subject. As in other lectures, examine fascinating cases of each

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Film

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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