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Dr. Jay
VerLinden
Communication
Department
College of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences
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Argumentation and Critical Thinking Tutorial

FALLACY DEFINITIONS
GROUP 6: REFUTATION BASED FALLACIES
TEST #4

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Ignoratio elenchi is "ignorance of refutation," and involves causing confusion during an argument through an inability to engage in refutation.

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If someone attacks the character of an opposing arguer, instead of responding to that opponent's arguments, the first person has probably committed which of the following fallacies?

tu quoque

horse laugh

argument against the person

ignoratio elenchi