What is Ad Hominem?
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?
Defined as "bringing up something off topic to distract from the real argument"
What is Red Herring?
Name this Fallacy: Everyone is going to get the new Iphone when it comes out this weekend, aren’t you?
What is Bandwagon?
What is False Dilemma?
What is Circular Logic Fallacy?
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?
This fallacy is based on the assumption that the two choices offered are the only choices.
What is false dilemma?
The logical fallacy illustrated here:
They legalized marijuana. What's next? Legalizing cocaine?
What is Slippery Slope?
What is Appeal to Ignorance?
What is Equivocation?
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?
Defined as "attacking the person and not the argument"
What is Ad Hominem?
My Honda broke down, therefore all Hondas are junk.
What is Hasty Generalization?
What is the Appeal to (False) Authority Fallacy?
What is Appeal to Pity or Faulty Emotional Appeal?
The article was not published in the journal because it was deemed not worthy of publication.
What is Begging the Question fallacy?
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?
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?
What is False Authority?
What is Post Hoc Reasoning?
"Donate to my campaign if you care about the future."
What is False Dilemma Fallacy?
The English translation of the Latin phrase "Ad Populum"
What is "To The People"?
Smoking cigarettes can kill you because cigarettes are deadly.
What is Begging the Question?
What is Ad Populum or Bandwagon?