Question

How does avoiding the use of logical fallacies help your argument?

A. By allowing your argument to appeal only to emotions.
B. By refusing to accept any other arguments.
C. By having your argument be based only on facts.
D. By making your argument sound more credible.

Answer 1

D. By making your argument sound more credible.

Step-by-step explanation:

The use of fallacies is a major hindrance in logical reasoning in an argumentative text, so it won't be allowed as an element for gaining support among honest research bodies.

The use of fallacies, similar to rhetorics, is often portrayed in the political discourse, where is used for not so literate audience. Often fallacies appeal to emotions.

In proper writing and defending an argument, we avoid the use of logical fallacies.

These common errors will turn illegitimate to people who are aware of topics well studied and should then be corrected.

The lack of evidence should not be compensated with fallacies.

Some popular fallacies have special names:

Some popular fallacies have special names:

• Ad Hominem. ...
• Argument From Authority. ...
• Appeal to Majority (Ad Populum) ...

Example of historical fallacy:

The Earth is plain because the Church said so.

(Argument From Authority.)

In this example, we need to recognize that the majority and the beliefs of the most can often be very wrong.

Think of a time where most people believed that the world was plain and the argument also came from Authority (turning another fallacy).

Today vast evidence supports that the Earth is not plain but at that time someone arguing that would sound uncommon.

Evidence came and now confirmed that Earth is an egg-like planet.

Answer 2

D. By making your argument sounds more credible.

Step-by-step explanation:

A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning, an error made during the construction of an argument. A fallacious argument may be deceptive, seeming better than it really is. There many kinds of logical fallacies. A well-known example is ad hominem - a personal attack on the person we are debating with.

If we avoid the use of logical fallacies, our argument will sound more credible and we'll be more likely to win the debate. Our argument can be based only on facts, but if we make these errors, our chances of properly conveying our point get slimmer. Refusing to accept any other argument would make us seem scared of being wrong, which would be very unproductive. If we realize that another opinion is better, we shouldn't be afraid to adjust our own. An argument that appeals only to emotions is useless if it isn't based on facts and falls apart the moment it faces logic.