Tricky Reasoning
my group said there only two ways to do this assignment but on the actual assignment says there are many ways to do it
false dilemma
you should believe in me because I know what Im talking about
appel to authority
Your car must have broke down because you missed your oil change
Correlation proves causation
Everyones doing it, so it must be good!
bandwagon fallacy
Begging the question
Making an argument that something is true by repeating the same thing in different words
I only stay inform by for news
cherry picking
you don't agree with me your a bad person
appeal to emotion
I drink everyday and I'm turning 70, my livers are fine so drinking must not be bad!
Anecdotal Evidence
If we let students retake test soon theylll expect A's for nothing
slippery slope
cherry picking
only choosing a few examples that support your argument, rather then looking at the full picture
vegetables are good for you because they give you nutrients, you can get a lot of nutrients from vegetables
Begging the question
eating meat is bad because it not normal
naturalistic fallacy
The average income in that city is really high, so everyone there must be rich
Ecological Fallacy
You can't prove that I can do a backflip, so I must be able to do a backflip.
Appeal to ignorance
shifting the burden of proof
thinking instead of proving your claim is true, the other person has to prove its false
ignoring the question and changing the topic to something you don't want to talk about
Red herring
you should buy my fish shoes because my grandpa only wish before he died was to sell fish shoes
appeal to emotions
People who smile a lot are happy so when I smile I must be happy.
Reverse Causation/Correlation Fallacy
you can't trust him as your coach he's never played football
Ad hominem
appeal to ignorance
Thinking a claim is true (or false) because it can't be proven true (or false)
connecting two unrelated ideas as if they're logically linked
Non sequitur
honey is good because its natural
naturalistic fallacy
Using a word with two meanings to make a point
Equivocation
We can either ban cars or destroy the planet
False dilema
Fallacy Fallacy
Thinking just because a claim follows a logical fallacy that it must be false