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Spot Fallacies: The Seven Deadly Logical Sins Analysis

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In the passage “Spot Fallacies: The Seven Deadly Logical Sins”, Jay Heinrichs defines seven fallacies and categorizes each. Each fallacy that Heinrichs reviews can be placed into one of three categories; bad proof, wrong number of choices, and a disconnect between proof and conclusion. False comparison, bad example, and ignorance as proof are three fallacies that fall under the category of bad proof. False comparison consists of comparing two unlike things because it makes rhetoric seem more logical. As Heinrichs explains, someone having a perfect driving record does not protect them from being in future accidents. The past and the future are not equal and comparing the two is a false comparison. A false number of choices is its own category.

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