Arguments directed against a person (i.e. personal attacks), rather than that person's ideas, are considered ______.
What are Ad Hominem Arguments
100
The Bible is the Word of God. What do you mean "how do I know?" Because it says so right there in the Bible.
What is Circular Reasoning
100
You're a highly intelligent audience, so I am confident that you are all going to agree with the things I speak about today.
What is appeal to flattery.
100
My favorite baseball team, the Chicago Cubs hasn't won a World Series since 1908! They are long overdue, so I think 2015 will finally be their year to win it all.
What is the Gambler's Fallacy
100
The mother is trying to put her child to sleep, and the child keeps asking the mother random questions like "what are clouds made of?" because he is trying to distract his mother from her goal. Right now he wants to talk about anything but bedtime.
What is a Red Herring.
200
Arguing that something should be done in the future because it was done in the past.
What is an Appeal to Tradition
200
A recent Ice Breaker gum commercial shows people who chew Ice Breaker gum, and then able to attract strangers as their new romantic partners. It also shows the alternative: people who chew an alternate gum and wind up standing by themselves lonely and loveless.
Almost everyone seems to think that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are talented actors, committed humanitarians, and generally all-around wonderful people. Either one of them would make an excellent choice for the next President of the United States!
What is a Non-Sequitur
200
"If Hillary Clinton supports that economic policy, then I am sure it is a terrible policy that would hurt the United States. Anything she supports is probably going to be bad for the economy."
What is the Genetic Fallacy.
300
When you misrepresent someone else's argument, and then you attack your distorted version of their argument instead of addressing their actual argument, you have committed this fallacy.
What is the Straw Man Fallacy
300
The government should block the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner. If they allow the 2 biggest media companies to merge, next thing you know, this huge company will swallow up all the other media companies too. This is the beginning of the end of competition as we know it. Pretty soon we are going to be forced to get all of our news and entertainment from 1 giant mega-corporation.
What is the Slippery Slope Fallacy
300
In an SPCA commercial, Sara McLachlan’s “In the Arms of an Angel,” plays while still pictures of sad animals and statistics about animal abuse. The coupling of sad music and images of abused animals is designed to prompt viewers to donate money to McLachlan's animal rights organization of choice.
What is appeal to pity.
300
"Our senator is an idiot and a terrorist-lover and should be voted out of office."
What is an Ad Hominem Argument
300
If you like ice cream and you like pizza, then you're going to love the new ice cream pizza that I just invented. It's got sausage, pepperoni, chocolate chips, and and caramel swirls!
What is the Fallacy of Composition
400
An argument that if one step is taken in the wrong direction, it will begin a chain reaction of horrible events resulting in disaster.
What is a Slippery Slope
400
I surveyed my PC&C class last semester and learned that GAP was the most popular choice of clothing store among my students. This confirmed my suspicion that GAP is the most popular clothing store in the United States.
What is a Hasty Generalization
400
Kim Kardashian said women should use QuickTrim diet pills because they "detoxify and clean the body", "help support energy and healthy metabolism," and are "powered by nature's super fruits".
What is Appeal to Authority
400
Sodium chloride (salt) can be safely consumed by humans. Therefore the elements that it up, sodium and chloride, can be safely consumed by humans.
What is the Fallacy of Division
400
Amy: Do you believe in Jesus?
Karen: No, I am not a Christian.
Amy: So you must think that we got here on earth by accident, that human beings didn't have any kind of intelligent creator, and that the universe just created itself?
What is a Straw Man Argument
500
Drawing a general conclusion from a specific population that is non-representative of the entire universe the conclusion is intended to apply to.
What is a Hasty Generalization
500
My English professor assigned a 15 page research paper, and it has been freezing cold outside ever since that day. I blame my professor!
What is Post Hoc Ergo Proctor Hoc (False Cause would not lose points)
500
When asked by the head elf if Christmas gifts could be delivered at 12 Noon on Christmas day instead of the very earliest hours of the morning, Santa told him no. When asked why, Santa said, “because this is how we’ve always done it! Changing it now is a big time No! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Appeal to Tradition
500
Earlier this semester I showed a video clip of Stephen Colbert asking various Democratic members of Congress: "Do you consider George W. Bush a great president, or THE GREATEST president?" This was an example of a _____.
What is a False Dilemma (False Dichotomy)
500
I really don't care that much about politics, but almost all my friends are voting Republican in this this election. I guess I should vote Republican too.