Definitions
Examples
Picture It!
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous 2
100
Name this Fallacy:
Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X
What is Post Hoc?
100
If we legalize marijuana, then people will come to believe that it is an acceptable drug. If that happens, then other states will follow and that will lead to legalization of the drug nationwide. In no time, everybody and their grandmother is going to be running around doing pot!
What is Slippery Slope?
100
What is Appeal to Tradition?
100
What is Glittering Generality?
100
What is Ad Hominem?
200
Name this Fallacy:
Assumes that the opinion of the majority is always valid
What is Ad Populum/Bandwagon Fallacy?
200
My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you.
What is Hasty Generalization?
200
What is Appeal to Hypocrisy?
200
Name this Fallacy:
Misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question--> switches issues mid-argument
What is Red Herring?
200
You can't prove that there aren't Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars, so it is reasonable for me to believe there are
What is Appeal to Ignorance/Non-Testable Hypothesis?
300
Name this Fallacy:
If two objects share one property, they are considered the same and share all properties
What is False Analogy?
300
I know we don't love each other. But, if we don't get married it will crush my mother. You know she has a weak heart. Do you really want to do that to her?
What is Appeal to Pity/Faulty Emotional Appeal?
300
What is Equivocation/Semantics?
300
What is False Dilemma?
300
Name this Fallacy:
Premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it
What is Circular Reasoning/Begging the Question?
400
Name this Fallacy:
Misrepresenting an opponent's position to make it easier to refute
What is Straw Man?
400
One of the fence posts is broken
Either an old nail rusted through, OR an albino moose, lost on its quest for its squirrel best friend, crashed through the fence in despair
What is Occam's Razor?
400
What is Moral Equivalency?
400
For 1 month in 2009, the ice caps were larger than they were in 1989; therefore, global warming is fake
What is Cherry Picking?
400
Name this Fallacy:
attempt to invalidate someone else's position on the basis that the same view was held by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party
What is Reductio Ad Hitlerum?
500
Name this Fallacy:
When one doctrine is pushed as the only acceptable conclusion and belief is beyond question
What is Dogmatism?
500
If someone asks what it's like outside and you reply, "It's 2:00
What is Non-Sequitur?
500
What is False Authority?
500
A dating app matches Joe and Jane because they both love The Office, pizza, dogs, chocolate, laughing, tacos, and the beach. However, it doesn’t take into account Joe and Jane’s differences, like that Joe is 25 years old and Jane is 60 or that Joe works nights and Jane works a 9-5 job
What is Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy?
500
Hugo has had twelve accidents n the last six months, yet he insists that it is just a coincidence and not his fault.
What is Slothful Induction?