If we do not take immediate action to curb vehicle emissions which pollute the air we breathe, we are greatly compromising the health of our environment, our children, and their children.
What is APPEAL TO FEAR?
100
The institution of marriage is as old as human history, and thus should be considered sacred
What is CHRONOLOGICAL SNOBBERY (Appeal to Tradition)
100
The art and science of reasoning
What is LOGIC?
100
Arguments that make a more subtle appeal to emotion, but include types of proofs that are irrelevant to the case at hand.
What are RED HERRINGS?
200
The only reason you oppose this new tax legislation is that you are an accountant and it will cause you a lot more work.
What is AD HOMINEM CIRCUMSTANTIAL?
200
St. Patrick's Day is an Irish holiday. Americans shouldn't celebrate it.
What is a GENETIC FALLACY?
200
Vote for Harkin, champion of the working man!
What is MOB APPEAL?
200
Arguments that attempts to sway the opinions of people by compelling them to feel emotions such as pity, anger, fear, joy, peer pressure, intimidation, etc.
What are the APPEALS TO EMOTION?
200
Ad Fontem Arguments, Appeals to Emotion, and Red Herrings
What are the FALLACIES OF RELEVANCE?
300
Yes, Sugar Bombs cereal may contain a great deal of sugar, but at least it does not contain high-fructose corn syrup as Syrupy Snaps does.
What is TU QUOQUE?
300
Don't major in art. What will all of your uncles who are businessmen think?
What is IRRELEVANT GOALS OR FUNCTIONS?
300
"There is no such thing as knowledge which cannot be put into practice, for such knowledge is no knowledge at all." - Confucius
What is BEGGING THE QUESTION
300
What is the issue at hand?
Is the argument relevant to the issue at hand?
Is the argument assuming something illegitimate?
Is the argument clear?
What are the FOUR KEY QUESTIONS?
300
The least personal of all the Ad Fontem Arguments
What is the GENETIC FALLACY?
400
The new bridge over the Susquehanna River is so boring. It will not attract more tourists to the city.
What is IRRELEVANT GOALS OR FUNCTIONS?
400
If those two tribes can't live together, why don't we just split the land in half and give half to each of them?
What is FALLACY OF MODERATION?
400
Fallacies that assume the very same thing that one is trying to prove.
What is BEGGING THE QUESTION?
400
Arguments that assume the correct answer is always the middle ground or a compromise between two extremes.
What is the FALLACY OF MODERATION?
400
Arguments that distract by making the case for the wrong point.
What is IRRELEVANT THESIS?
500
I am a particular type of expert....
Hi, I'm Dr. James Smith. Through my many years of cancer research, I have finally developed a new medication, Cancer-Ex, that is the most successful medication for preventing cancer that is currently available. Ask your local doctor what Cancer-Ex could do for you.
What is a BIASED EXPERT (from Appeal to Illegitimate Authority)?
500
America: love it or leave it.
What is BIFURCATION?
500
Arguments that make unwarranted assumptions about either the data or the nature of a reasonable argument.
What are FALLACIES OF PRESUMPTION?
500
Arguments that frame the debate such that only two options are possible, when other possibilities may exist.
What is BIFURCATION?
500
Arguments that contain hidden assumptions that make them unreasonable.