二十四谬误中英对照

1、【精品文档】如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流二十四谬误中英对照.精品文档.第一部分 考试范围内本次考试考第一部分列举的前15个。后面第二部分列举的仅供以后学习参考。(一)了解基本逻辑，避免常见错误 要了解基本逻辑错误一定不能错过一篇英文小品文Love Is A Fallacy(作者Max Shulman)，这里仅列举出十种最常见的逻辑错误。 1.草率前提 (Dicto Simpliciter) 例如：Women are on average not as strong as men and less able to perform well politic

2、ally. Therefore, women can't pull their weight in government work. 点评：虽然女性确实在政界担任较少工作，但这不意味着女性群体中所有的人都是这样。 2.过度概化 (Hasty Generalization) 例如：McDonald's and KFC offer foods with little nutrition, and thus we cannot expect any fast food restaurant to provide us with nutritious fo

3、ods. 点评：两个个例不足以推出一个真理。 3.因果颠倒 (Post Hoc) 例如：Most young criminals watch violent movies before they commit their crimes; obviously, violent movies lead to juvenile delinquency. 点评：甲事情发生在乙事情之前，这并不代表着先发生的甲事情就是后发生的乙事情的原因。 4.矛盾前提 (Contradictory Premises) 例如：If God can do ever

4、ything, can he make a stone so heavy that he can't carry? 点评：前提条件中就有相互矛盾的地方，结论当然是错误的。 5.感性论证 (Ad Misericordiam) 例如：Think of all the poor, starving African children! How could rich countries be so cruel as not to help them? 点评：抒情是不能当作论证的。 6.错误类比 (False Analogy) 例如：Yo

5、ung children are like flowers-flowers should stay away from terrible weather to grow, so children need to get rid of everything negative. 点评：孩子和花朵的区别太大。成长的过程也太复杂。最好不要用这两者来类比。 7.虚假假设 (Hypothesis Contrary to Fact) 例如：If TV were not invented, today people would never have such wonderful

6、entertainment brought by TV. 点评：因为电视已经被发明了，对于过去的否定假设后所得出的结论都是逻辑上的错误结论。 8.无关转移 (Red Herring) 例如：Many people say we need to exploit the outer space, a point which I believe is wrong, because there are so many poor people on Earth who hardly make ends meet. 点评：有一个问题没解决并不代表着另一个问题不值得解

7、决。 9.从众错误 (Bandwagon) 例如：Everyone says it is justified to learn a second language so we must learn one. 点评：人人都说，或者大多数都说，这并不意味着该观点正确。 10.滑坡谬误 (Slippery slope) 例如：If we don't care about the environment, the world will die in 50 years. 点评：从环境问题到世界灭亡，中间有无数环节未提供论证。 

8、Examples of Slippery Slope1. "We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!"2. "The US shouldn't get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in thousands to di

9、e."3. "You can never give anyone a break. If you do, they'll walk all over you."4. "We've got to stop them from banning pornography. Once they start banning one form of literature, they will never stop. Next thing you know, they will be burning all the books!"11. app

10、eal to emotionYou attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.Appeals to emotion include appeals to fear, envy, hatred, pity, pride, and more. It's important to note that sometimes a logically coherent argument may inspire emotion or have an emotional

11、 aspect, but the problem and fallacy occurs when emotion is used instead of a logical argument, or to obscure the fact that no compelling rational reason exists for one's position. Everyone, bar sociopaths, is affected by emotion, and so appeals to emotion are a very common and effective argumen

12、t tactic, but they're ultimately flawed, dishonest, and tend to make one's opponents justifiably emotional.Example: Luke didn't want to eat his sheep's brains with chopped liver and brussel sprouts, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third wo

13、rld country who weren't fortunate enough to have any food at all.12 . ad hominem ,personal attack 人身攻击You attacked your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.Ad hominem attacks can take the form of overtly attacking somebody, or more subtly casting

14、 doubt on their character or personal attributes as a way to discredit their argument. The result of an ad hom attack can be to undermine someone's case without actually having to engage with it.Example: After Sally presents an eloquent and compelling case for a more equitable taxation syst

15、em, Sam asks the audience whether we should believe anything from a woman who isn't married, was once arrested, and smells a bit weird.第七条：诉诸虚伪13. loaded question 含沙射影You asked a question that had a presumption built into it so that it couldn't be answered without appearing guilty.Loaded que

16、stion fallacies are particularly effective at derailing rational debates because of their inflammatory nature - the recipient of the loaded question is compelled to defend themselves and may appear flustered or on the back foot.Example: Grace and Helen were both romantically interested in Brad.

17、 One day, with Brad sitting within earshot, Grace asked in an inquisitive tone whether Helen was having any problems with a drug habit.14 . appeal to authority诉诸权威You said that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.It's important to note that this fallacy should not be

18、 used to dismiss the claims of experts, or scientific consensus. Appeals to authority are not valid arguments, but nor is it reasonable to disregard the claims of experts who have a demonstrated depth of knowledge unless one has a similar level of understanding and/or access to empirical evidence. H

19、owever it is, entirely possible that the opinion of a person or institution of authority is wrong; therefore the authority that such a person or institution holds does not have any intrinsic bearing upon whether their claims are true or not.Example: Not able to defend his position that evolutio

20、n 'isn't true' Bob says that he knows a scientist who also questions evolution (and presumably isn't a primate).15 窃取论点. begging the questionYou presented a circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise.This logically incoherent argument often arises in situat

21、ions where people have an assumption that is very ingrained, and therefore taken in their minds as a given. Circular reasoning is bad mostly because it's not very good.Example: The word of Zorbo the Great is flawless and perfect. We know this because it says so in The Great and Infallible B

22、ook of Zorbo's Best and Most Truest Things that are Definitely True and Should Not Ever Be Questioned.第二部分 以下完整版留着资料用。第一条：稻草人1. strawman/straw manYou misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack.By exaggerating, misrepresenting, or just completely fabricating someone's a

23、rgument, it's much easier to present your own position as being reasonable, but this kind of dishonesty serves to undermine honest rational debate.Example: After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hat

24、es our country so much that he wants to leave it defenceless by cutting military spending.第二条：错误归因2. false causeYou presumed that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.Many people confuse correlation (things happening together or in sequence) for ca

25、usation (that one thing actually causes the other to happen). Sometimes correlation is coincidental, or it may be attributable to a common cause.Example: Pointing to a fancy chart, Roger shows how temperatures have been rising over the past few centuries, whilst at the same time the numbers of

26、pirates have been decreasing; thus pirates cool the world and global warming is a hoax.第三条：诉诸感情3. appeal to emotionYou attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.Appeals to emotion include appeals to fear, envy, hatred, pity, pride, and more. It's im

27、portant to note that sometimes a logically coherent argument may inspire emotion or have an emotional aspect, but the problem and fallacy occurs when emotion is used instead of a logical argument, or to obscure the fact that no compelling rational reason exists for one's position. Everyone, bar

28、sociopaths, is affected by emotion, and so appeals to emotion are a very common and effective argument tactic, but they're ultimately flawed, dishonest, and tend to make one's opponents justifiably emotional.Example: Luke didn't want to eat his sheep's brains with chopped liver

29、and brussel sprouts, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who weren't fortunate enough to have any food at all.第四条：谬误谬误4. the fallacy fallacyYou presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim

30、 itself must be wrong.It is entirely possible to make a claim that is false yet argue with logical coherency for that claim, just as is possible to make a claim that is true and justify it with various fallacies and poor arguments.Example: Recognising that Amanda had committed a fallacy in argu

31、ing that we should eat healthy food because a nutritionist said it was popular, Alyse said we should therefore eat bacon double cheeseburgers every day.第五条：滑坡谬误5. slippery slopeYou said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen.The problem with th

32、is reasoning is that it avoids engaging with the issue at hand, and instead shifts attention to extreme hypotheticals. Because no proof is presented to show that such extreme hypotheticals will in fact occur, this fallacy has the form of an appeal to emotion fallacy by leveraging fear. In effect the

33、 argument at hand is unfairly tainted by unsubstantiated conjecture.Example: Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys.第六条：人身攻击 6. ad hominem ,personal attackYou a

34、ttacked your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.Ad hominem attacks can take the form of overtly attacking somebody, or more subtly casting doubt on their character or personal attributes as a way to discredit their argument. The result of an ad hom

35、attack can be to undermine someone's case without actually having to engage with it.Example: After Sally presents an eloquent and compelling case for a more equitable taxation system, Sam asks the audience whether we should believe anything from a woman who isn't married, was once arres

36、ted, and smells a bit weird7. tuquoque(appeal to hypocrisy)You avoided having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser - you answered criticism with criticism.Pronounced too-kwo-kwee. Literally translating as 'you too' this fallacy is also known as the appeal to hypocrisy.

37、It is commonly employed as an effective red herring because it takes the heat off someone having to defend their argument, and instead shifts the focus back on to the person making the criticism.Example: Nicole identified that Hannah had committed a logical fallacy, but instead of addressing th

38、e substance of her claim, Hannah accused Nicole of committing a fallacy earlier on in the conversation.第八条：个人怀疑8. personal incredulityBecause you found something difficult to understand, or are unaware of how it works, you made out like it's probably not true.Complex subjects like biological evo

39、lution through natural selection require some amount of understanding before one is able to make an informed judgement about the subject at hand; this fallacy is usually used in place of that understanding.Example: Kirk drew a picture of a fish and a human and with effusive disdain asked Richar

40、d if he really thought we were stupid enough to believe that a fish somehow turned into a human through just, like, random things happening over time.第九条：片面谬误9. special pleadingYou moved the goalposts or made up an exception when your claim was shown to be false.Humans are funny creatures and have a

41、 foolish aversion to being wrong. Rather than appreciate the benefits of being able to change one's mind through better understanding, many will invent ways to cling to old beliefs. One of the most common ways that people do this is to post-rationalize a reason why what they thought to be true m

42、ust remain to be true. It's usually very easy to find a reason to believe something that suits us, and it requires integrity and genuine honesty with oneself to examine one's own beliefs and motivations without falling into the trap of justifying our existing ways of seeing ourselves and the

43、 world around us.Example: Edward Johns claimed to be psychic, but when his 'abilities' were tested under proper scientific conditions, they magically disappeared. Edward explained this saying that one had to have faith in his abilities for them to work.第十条：诱导性问题 complex questions 10. lo

44、aded question You asked a question that had a presumption built into it so that it couldn't be answered without appearing guilty.Loaded question fallacies are particularly effective at derailing rational debates because of their inflammatory nature - the recipient of the loaded question is compe

45、lled to defend themselves and may appear flustered or on the back foot.Example: Grace and Helen were both romantically interested in Brad. One day, with Brad sitting within earshot, Grace asked in an inquisitive tone whether Helen was having any problems with a drug habit.第十一条：举证责任11. burden of

46、 proofYou said that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove.The burden of proof lies with someone who is making a claim, and is not upon anyone else to disprove. The inability, or disinclination, to disprove a claim does not render that claim

47、valid, nor give it any credence whatsoever. However it is important to note that we can never be certain of anything, and so we must assign value to any claim based on the available evidence, and to dismiss something on the basis that it hasn't been proven beyond all doubt is also fallacious rea

48、soning.Example: Bertrand declares that a teapot is, at this very moment, in orbit around the Sun between the Earth and Mars, and that because no one can prove him wrong, his claim is therefore a valid one.第十二条：语义模糊12. ambiguityYou used a double meaning or ambiguity of language to mislead or mis

49、represent the truth.Politicians are often guilty of using ambiguity to mislead and will later point to how they were technically not outright lying if they come under scrutiny. The reason that it qualifies as a fallacy is that it is intrinsically misleading.Example: When the judge asked the def

50、endant why he hadn't paid his parking fines, he said that he shouldn't have to pay them because the sign said 'Fine for parking here' and so he naturally presumed that it would be fine to park there.第十三条：赌徒谬误13. the gambler's fallacyYou said that 'runs' occur to statistic

51、ally independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.This commonly believed fallacy can be said to have helped create an entire city in the desert of Nevada USA. Though the overall odds of a 'big run' happening may be low, each spin of the wheel is itself entirely independent from the las

52、t. So whilst there may be a very small chance that heads will come up 20 times in a row if you flip a coin, the chances of heads coming up on each individual flip remain 50/50, and aren't influenced by what happened before.Example: Red had come up six times in a row on the roulette wheel, s

53、o Greg knew that it was close to certain that black would be next up. Suffering an economic form of natural selection with this thinking, he soon lost all of his savings.第十四条：乐队花车14. bandwagonYou appealed to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.The

54、flaw in this argument is that the popularity of an idea has absolutely no bearing on its validity.If it did, then the Earth would have made itself flat for most of history to accommodate this popular belief.Example: Shamus pointed a drunken finger at Sean and asked him to explain how so many pe

55、ople could believe in leprechauns if they're only a silly old superstition. Sean, however, had had a few too many Guinness himself and fell off his chair.第十五条：诉诸权威15. appeal to authorityYou said that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.It's important to note that

56、 this fallacy should not be used to dismiss the claims of experts, or scientific consensus. Appeals to authority are not valid arguments, but nor is it reasonable to disregard the claims of experts who have a demonstrated depth of knowledge unless one has a similar level of understanding and/or acce

57、ss to empirical evidence. However it is, entirely possible that the opinion of a person or institution of authority is wrong; therefore the authority that such a person or institution holds does not have any intrinsic bearing upon whether their claims are true or not.Example: Not able to defend

58、 his position that evolution 'isn't true' Bob says that he knows a scientist who also questions evolution (and presumably isn't a primate).第十六条：合成谬误16. composition/division 合成谬误You assumed that one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it; or that the whole m

59、ust apply to its parts.Often when something is true for the part it does also apply to the whole, or vice versa, but the crucial difference is whether there exists good evidence to show that this is the case. Because we observe consistencies in things, our thinking can become biased so that we presu

60、me consistency to exist where it does not.Example: Daniel was a precocious child and had a liking for logic. He reasoned that atoms are invisible, and that he was made of atoms and therefore invisible too. Unfortunately, despite his thinky skills, he lost the game of hide and go seek.第十七条：没有真正的苏格兰人17. no true scotsmanYou made what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of your argument.In this form o