Name the Fallacy
Believing that a claim is true just because an expert or authority believes it is
Appeal to Authority
Bandwagon
Thinking an argument must be true because it's popular
T/F
Since everyone has an apple device iPhone must be better than Androids
Bandwagon Fallacy
True
Name the difference between Appeal to emotions and Appeal to traditions
Appeal to emotion involves manipulating emotions while Appeal to tradition involves believing something is true because its done for a long time
Correlation proves causation
Ex- Since Donald Trump survived getting shot, he must be chosen by God to be the next President
Overexaggerating someone else's opinion to support your own claim.
Strawman
Ad hominem
Making a personal attack against the person saying the argument rather than directly addressing the issue
T/F
Someone uses multiple examples with evidence to prove Teslas are worse for than environment than gas cars.
Cherry Picking
False
What the difference between a Bandwagon Fallacy and a Naturalistic Fallacy?
Natural vs Popularity
Bandwagon
Since so many celebrities drive Teslas we should all get Teslas too
Thinking that just because something applies to you then it must be true for most people.
Anecdotal evidence
Appeal to tradition
Believing something is right just because it has been done for a long time.
T/F
Telling someone that they are overexaggerating about an issue until they think your claim is true
Appeal to Emotion
True
What makes this example an Ad Hominem fallacy and not a Red Herring fallacy.
Your mom didn't even graduate high school so how could we believe you when your family is uneducated.
It is a personal attack rather than just changing the subject.
Ad Hominem
Immigrants shouldn't be able to vote because they arent even American
When you use different definitions of a word to prove your claim
Equivocation
Fallacy Fallacy
Thinking just because a claim follows a logical fallacy that it must be false
T/F
Begging the question is when someone claims something is true by saying the same thing in a different way
True
What's the difference between Slippery Slope fallacy and the correlation proves causation
A to Z vs A causes B
Appeal to Emotion
Why would you defund the police so many good police officers would lose their jobs and be unable to support their family
Non Sequitur
Ecological Fallacy
Making an assumption about a specific person based on general tendencies within a group of people
T/F
A fallacy fallacy is when someone uses two different meanings of a word to prove their argument
False
Appeal to authority vs Appeal to Emotions
Since President Trump believes horse meds cure Covid then we should all take horse meds
Appeal to Authority
Shifting the Burden of Proof
You can't prove ghosts don't exist so I am right and you're wrong