"In order to understand what a fallacy is, one must understand what an argument is" (Labossiere, 1995, para. 1). An argument consists of one conclusion and one or more premises. A premise is a sentence that is either true or false while a conclusion is the support of the claim being made. This paper will briefly describe appeal to emotion fallacy, hasty generalization fallacy, and red herring fallacy and explain the significance of these fallacies as it …
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