Set "Do"
Set "Re"
Set "Mi"
Set "Do-Re-Mi"
MEDIA CHALLENGE
100
Mr. Kim decides that he's going to go straight home after school on Friday to get some sleep. Students tell him that members of the football team will lose because of how sad they are that he's not there.
What is an appeal to emotion fallacy?
100
“Are you naive enough to believe the mainstream media, or do you just not care about finding out the truth?”
What is a loaded question fallacy?
100
What is a genetic fallacy?
100
Every day, I eat cereal for breakfast. One time, I had a muffin instead, and there was a major earthquake in my city. I've eaten cereal ever since.
What is a false cause fallacy?
200
I was assigned a personal trainer at the Rec, and he gave me a new workout program. But I don't have any confidence in his expertise since he has obvious trouble controlling his own appetite.
What is an ad hominem fallacy?
200
Everyone is selfish; everyone is doing what he believes will make himself happier. The recognition of that can take most of the sting out of accusations that you're being "selfish." Why should you feel guilty for seeking your own happiness when that's what everyone else is doing, too?
What is the bandwagon fallacy?
200
What is the Texas sharpshooter fallacy?
200
Ivan: You cannot borrow my car because it turns back into a pumpkin at midnight.
Sidney: If you really think that, you’re an idiot.
Ivan: That is an ad hominem; therefore, I can’t be an idiot.
Sidney: I beg to differ.
What is a fallacy fallacy?
300
If we legalize pot, then that will lead to every drug in the world becoming legal. I'll vote no on Proposition 34.
What is a slippery slope fallacy?
300
Every open-minded historian will agree that the Bible is relatively historically accurate and that Jesus existed.
What is an appeal to authority fallacy?
300
John: Members of the UbaTuba White Men's Club are upstanding citizens of the community.
Marvin: Then why are there so many of these members in jail?
John: They were never true UbaTuba White Men's Club members.
Marvin: What’s a true UbaTuba White Men's Club member?
John: Those who don't go to jail.
What is the no true Scotsman fallacy?
300
Ted: Biological evolution is both a theory and a fact.
Edwin: That is ridiculous! How can you possibly be absolutely certain that we evolved from pond scum!
What is a straw man fallacy?
300
Dwight and Jim are put in charge of the party planning committee because they have the best sales.
What is an appeal to authority?
400
What is a tu quoque fallacy?
400
Glaciers around the world are increasing, disproving global warming.
What is an ambiguity fallacy?
400
What is the middle ground fallacy?
400
Erica: "How do you know that the bible is divinely inspired?"
Pedro: "Because it says right in the third chapter of II Timothy that 'all scripture is given by divine inspiration of God.'"
What is a begging the question fallacy?
500
“In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city. So we have the toughest laws, and you have tremendous gun violence.”
What is a false cause fallacy?
500
What is the bandwagon fallacy?
500
Gerda Reith is convinced that superstition can be a positive force. "It gives you a sense of control by making you think you can work out what's going to happen next," she says. "And it also makes you feel lucky. And to take a risk or to enter into a chancy situation, you really have to believe in your own luck. In that sense, it's a very useful way of thinking, because the alternative is fatalism, which is to say, 'Oh, there's nothing I can do.' At least superstition makes people do things."
What is a black or white fallacy?
500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjEK7qQKRDY
Identify BOTH fallacies!
What is a no true Scotsman fallacy?
AND
What is an appeal to nature fallacy?