Name that Fallacy!
Donald Trump
Terminology
Emotive Significance
Logical Form
100
Your face is stupid, therefore you are wrong
What is ad hominem
100
Look at that face. How could anybody vote for that face?
What is ad hominem
100
This is a collection of statements intended to support or infer a claim.
What is an Argument?
100
hot searing
What is hot, searing?
100
A, B, and C are object. Together, they form this.
What is a set?
200
The coin was heads ten times in a row so it's due to be tails.
What is the gamblers fallacy?
200
I love Hispanics! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill!
What is non sequitur
200
In this type of reasoning, the conclusion definitely follows directly from the premise
What is deductive?
200
freezing chilly cold
What is chilly, cold, freezing?
200
This is a set within a set
What is a subset?
300
It must be Friday. Imagine how sad it would be if it weren’t Friday.
What is appeal to emotion?
300
The U.S. must stop taking in people from Syria. This will be the destruction of civilization as we know it. So sad
What is reductio ad absurdum? What is straw man? What is ad baculum ? What is non sequitur? What is appeal to emotion?
300
With this type of reasoning, the conclusion follows from the premise with some probability
What is inductive?
300
running jogging racing walking
What is walking, jogging, running, racing
300
“George and Henry are not not friends and Isaac is nobody’s friend”
What is G and H exist in the same set and Isaac is the only element in his set?
400
Anybody who disagrees with me should signify by saying, "I resign."
What is Argumentum ad baculum?
400
Remember when I said that Brussels was a "hell hole" and a mess? The failing NY times wrote a critical article. I was so right!
What is False Equivalence?
400
In this type of argument, the conclusion follows from the premise
What is valid?
400
broken destroyed decimated shattered cracked
What is cracked, broken, shattered, destroyed, decimated?
400
“If it is not Wednesday or Friday, then I am not teaching or playing chess”
What is not W or F implies not T or not C?
500
Cats and dogs are both living animals that metabolize chemical energy. Therefore, there is no difference between a cat and a dog
What is false equivalence?
500
Fake News! Fake News! Fake News!
What is argumentum ad nauseam
500
In this type of argument, the argument is valid and all premises are true
What is sound?
500
smart brainy intelligent brilliant good genius
What is good, brainy, smart, intelligent, brilliant, genius?
500
"All swans are white except for this black one over here"
What is All A in B have property C except for A sub 1 which has property D?
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