Avoiding the Question fallacies
Avoiding the Question & Making Assumption Fallacies
Making Assumption Fallacies
Young Peacemaker
Young Peacemaker
100

Introducing an irrelevant point into an argument. Someone may think it proves his side, but it really doesn't

What is Red Herring?

100

Appealing to the authority of someone who has no special knowledge in the area he is discussing

What is Faulty Appeal to Authority?

100

Asking two questions, but one is hidden behind the other. (can also be stated: asking one question which assumes the answer to the second question)

What is Loaded Question?

100

Key Principle #1: Conflict is a _______________

What is Slippery Slope?

100

Key Principle #4: Wise-way choices are better than ___________ choices

What is my-way?

200

Arguing for an unjustified exception

What is Special Pleading?

200

Claiming one's viewpoint is correct just because many other people agree with it.

What is Appeal to the People?

200

Assuming that if we take one step, nothing will stop us from taking a series of steps because each step is the same

What is Slippery Slope?

200

Key Principle #2: Conflict starts in the ____________

What is heart?

200

Key Principle #5: The blame game makes conflict __________

What is worse?

300

Attacking an opponent's character or motives instead of disproving his argument

What is Ad Hominem?

300

Changing or exaggerating an opponent's position to make it easier to refute

What is Straw Man?

300

Asserting that what is true of part of something must also be true of the whole thing

What is Part-to-Whole?

300

Key Principle #3: Choices have _______________

What is Consequences?

300

Key Principle #6: Conflict is an ________________

What is oppurtunity?

400

Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it

What is Genetic Fallacy?

400

Attempting to prove a conclusion by simply restating it

What is circular reasoning?

400

Asserting that what is true of something as a whole must also be true of each of its parts

What is Whole-to-Part?

400

Name the 3 Escape responses on the Slippery Slope

What is Run Away, Deny, and Blame Game

400

Name the 3 Attack Responses on the Slippery Slope

What is Put Downs, Gossip, and Fight?

500

Dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because he himself is inconsistent in that very thing

What is Tu Quoque?

500

Changing the meaning of a word in the middle of an argument

What is equivocation?

500

Asserting that we must choose between two things, when in fact we have more than two alternatives

What is Either-Or?

500

Name the 3 Work-It-Out Responses on the Slippery Slope

What is Overlook, Talk, and Get Help?

500

Name each word that fits into this D-C-C-F pattern to remind you of the my-way and wise-way approach: Selfish _____, bad _____, bad _______, bad _____ vs. Godly _____, good ____, good ______, good ____

What is Desire, Choice, Consequence, Feelings?