Fallacies in Cartoons
Fun with Fallacies
Definitions
Name that Fallacy
Fallacies in Ads & Commercials
200
What is Ad Hominem?
200
Please don't give me a ticket, officer. I was on the way to volunteer at the orphanage and I'm needed there urgently to help the poor children with no families.
What is Appeal to Pity?
200
Defined as "bringing up something off topic to distract from the real argument"
What is Red Herring?
200
Name this Fallacy: Everyone is going to get the new Iphone when it comes out this weekend, aren’t you?
What is Bandwagon?
200
What is False Dilemma?
400
What is Circular Logic Fallacy?
400
Name the Fallacy Type: A politician during a political campaign when asked about a specific policy – “Well, I think we need to look at my opponent’s failures regarding this topic.”
What is Ad Hominem?
400
This fallacy is based on the assumption that the two choices offered are the only choices.
What is false dilemma?
400
The logical fallacy illustrated here:
They legalized marijuana. What's next? Legalizing cocaine?
What is Slippery Slope?
400
What is Appeal to Ignorance?
600
What is Equivocation?
600
Noisy children are a real headache. Two aspirin will make a headache go away. Therefore, two aspirin will make noisy children go away.
What is an Equivocation Fallacy?
600
Defined as "attacking the person and not the argument"
What is Ad Hominem?
600
My Honda broke down, therefore all Hondas are junk.
What is Hasty Generalization?
600
What is the Appeal to (False) Authority Fallacy?
800
What is Appeal to Pity or Faulty Emotional Appeal?
800
The article was not published in the journal because it was deemed not worthy of publication.
What is Begging the Question fallacy?
800
The term defined as "one thing leads to another which leads to another which leads to another, with no logical connection"
What is Slippery Slope?
800
Cars cause many more deaths than firearms do, so if we are going to ban firearms, we should also ban cars.
What is False Analogy?
800
What is False Authority?
1000
What is Post Hoc Reasoning?
1000
"Donate to my campaign if you care about the future."
What is False Dilemma Fallacy?
1000
The English translation of the Latin phrase "Ad Populum"
What is "To The People"?
1000
Smoking cigarettes can kill you because cigarettes are deadly.
What is Begging the Question?
1000
What is Ad Populum or Bandwagon?