Bad Arguments: persuasive but wrong


	Bad Arguments: persuasive but wrong

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11-28-2007 3:22 AM

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11-29-2007 6:49 PM

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                  <P>Bad Moves is a  series by philosopher Julian Baggini 
                    detailing the various ways in which arguments or points are 
                    made badly, but often persuasively. <A href="http://www.julianbaggini.com">Julian 
                    Baggini</A> is editor of <I><A href="http://www.philosophers.co.uk">The 
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=65"><B>The innocent have nothing to fear</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=64"><B>Motivation speculation</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=63"><B>Category Mistakes</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=62"><B>It worked for me…</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=61"><B>Contorting to balance</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=60"><B>Don't You Look Pretty Today</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=58"><B>Mood music</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=57"><B>Percipi est esse</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=56"><B>Scare-mongering</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=55"><B>Bold assertion</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=54"><B>It didn’t work then, so…</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=53"><B>Fallacy of equivocation</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=52"><B>Partial defence = support</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=51"><B>High redefinition</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=50"><B>The gambler's fallacy</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=49"><B>How else do you explain it?</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=48"><B>It's a free country</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=47"><B>Tu quoque</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=46"><B>Ought without can</B></A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmovesprint.php?num=45"><B>Genetic fallacies</B></A></LI></UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EA227680-4CB2-441B-B2FA-0EF9CBFAF09D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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