Fallacy definitions
This Fallacy states a side issue that is not relevant to the debate.
Red Herring
"Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids" - Joe Biden
Appeal to Pity/ Hasty Generalization
“Fire is natural, so we shouldn’t fight forest fires. Let nature do its thing.”
Appeal to Nature
This fallacy asks a question that has a presumption built into it so that it cannot be answered without appearing guilty
Loaded question fallacy
Example of _____ Fallacy: "This diet worked for me, so it must work for everyone!"
Hasty Generalization Fallacy
This fallacy takes independent Statistics as a dependent Statistic.
Gambler's Fallacy
Nine out of ten dentists recommend this toothpaste!
Bandwagon
"The rooster crows and then the sun rises, therefore the rooster causes sunrise!"
False cause/Post Hoc Fallacy
Making to what could be an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticism or flaws of an argument
No true Scotsman
Example of _____: "The economy is bad because the leadership is bad, and we know the leadership is bad because the economy is bad."
Circular reasoning fallacy
This fallacy the conclusion is made but it does not follow the premise. General term for a bad argument.
Non sequitur
Either you support my plan completely or you’re plotting my downfall
False dilemma
Name that Fallacy. "since there have been no reported peanut allergy deaths, peanut allergies have disappeared"
Appeal to Ignorance/ad ignorantiam
This fallacy moves the goalpost or make up exceptions when a claim is shown to be false.
Special pleading
Example of ____ : "Climate activists want to ban all cars and make us ride horses."
Staw man fallacy.
Socially Cognitive skewed scheme in which individuals attribute fixed, exaggerated, or essentialized characteristics to a particular group of people or things.
Stereotypes
"If we protect one endangered spider, next we’ll be giving them voting rights, and eventually spiders will run the government.”
Slippery slope
Name this fallacy: "You want to raise the minimum wage? Net you'll want the government to control the wages like communists!"
What is Straw man?
This fallacy claims that a compromise/middle point between two extremes must be the truth.
Middle ground fallacy
example of ___ "I know a man who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and lived to be 102, so smoking can't be that bad for you."
Anecdotal Fallacy
This fallacy occurs when unclear or shifting language is used in an argument causing it premise or conclusion to be interpreted in multiple ways.
Ambiguity Fallacy
Dismissing a doctor's advice about quitting smoking because the doctor is also a smoker.
Tu quoque
“I’m not saying he’s the dumbest person in the world, but you better hope that the dumbest person in the world doesn’t die,” - Senator John Kennedy
Ad Hominem
This fallacy assumes that one part of something has to be applied to all or other parts of it or that the whole must apply to its parts.
Composition/Division Fallacy
“I believe the capitol building is haunted. If you disagree, prove it isn’t.”
Burden of Proof fallacy.