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What are fallacies?
A fallacy is an incorrect argument in logic and rhetoric. It gives a result which is not valid or lacks soundness.
Is a conclusion based on an insufficient or small piece sample. In other words, it’s when you jump to a conclusion too quickly based on just a few examples that don’t necessarily represent the whole.
Hasty generalization
Example: persona a) we should argue with relevant facts and sound logic; person b) you should grow a brain before opening your mouth.
Ad hominem fallacy
What is the biggest animal in the world?
The blue whale
Is sometimes referred as a bifurcation, which means its divided by two. It's when someone presents their argument in a way where there can only be two possible choice as an answer.
False dilemma
Occurs when someone takes another person’s argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion, as if that is really the claim the first person is making.
Straw man fallacy
Example: person a) i believe sport hunting is immoral person b) so you want everyone to be a vegetarian because animals are more important than people.
Straw man Fallacy.
What nut is inside a Ferrero Rocher
Hazelnut
An argument that take its evidence from a factor in the same argument, instead of external proof.
Circular argument
attacking an opponent's character or motives rather than answering the argument or claim.
Ad hominem
If you don't vote for this candidate, then you must be a communist.
False dilemma.
Who painted the mona lisa?
Da Vinci
Argues that one event will inevitably cause another kind of related event to happen.
Slippery slope
Occurs when someone incorrectly assumes a causal relationship between two things Any time someone thinks, “A causes B,” without a sufficient reason to believe that B is truly caused by A, it’s an example of the false cause fallacy.
False cause fallacy.
Aliens must exist because there is no evidence that they don't exist.
Appeal to ignorance fallacy.
Which planet is the closest to the sun?
Mercury
Argues that a proposition or an argument is true because it hasn't been proven wrong.
Appeal to ignorance.
Longest river in the world
Nile
If we let your brother stay, your whole family will stay.
Slippery slope fallacy.
How many sides does a heptadecagon have?
17