Fallacy Timeee

Fallacy Definitions

100

You moved the goalposts or made up an exception when your claim was shown to be false.

Special Pleading 

200

This Fallacy refers to the inability, or disinclination, to disprove a claim does not render that claim valid, nor give it any credence whatsoever.

Burden of Proof 

300

This Fallacy refer to the appealing to a higher authority for a valid argument, but should not always be taken as the main argument for a claim. 

Appeal to Authority 

400

This fallacy refers to someone criticizing someone's else after being called out, or "you too" statements. 

Tu Quoque 

500

The fallacy refers to presuming something is rendered incorrect or untrue because it was argued ineffectively or because there was a fallacy used in the argument.

The Fallacy Fallacy 

What Would You Call It?

100

One person says the sky is blue, Another person says the sky is yellow, they compromise to say that the sky is green. 

Middle Ground 

200

People that take showers in the morning get sick, meaning that if you don't take showers in the morning you won't get sick. 

False Cause

300

Jonny didn't want to count the apples, but his mom told him about the blind people that can't see the amount of apples they have.

Appeal to Emotion 

400

Individuals not believing the moon landing after not understanding how a capsule traveled from earth to the moon. 

Personal Incredulity

500

Since drug are illegal, they must be bad for you. Therefore we shouldn't legalize drugs because they are bad for you. 

Begging the Question

Where Do You See It?

100

Appeal to Emotion

Personal Arguments, Advertisements

200

Genetic 

Political Disputes, Media Critics

300

Slippery Slope 

Politics, Advertisements

400

Special Pleading 

Religious Groups, Politics 

500

Bandwagon 

Social Media, Personal Arguments 

Basuda Thinking

100

You can't trust Franks opinion because he fell off his bike riding to school yesterday

Ad Hominem 

200

Jack said we should invest more money into helping homeless people get off the streets. Someone responded and said you must not care about the millions dying from illness and disease every year.

Strawman 

300

"You're either with us or against us."

Black-and-White 

400

Sam being more confident in landing heads after flipping a coin 3 times. 

Gamblers Fallacy 

500

Someone asking, "Do you still beat your wife?" during a work discussion. 

Loaded Question 

Fallacy Dictionary

100

Appeal to Nature 

The argument that since something is natural, it's somehow a valid and justified argument. 

200

Texas Sharpshooter 

Cherry picking data or finding patterns to fit an argument. 

300

Anecdotal 

Using a personal experience or isolated examples to prove an argument 

400

Composition/Division

Assuming that one part of something has to be applied to all, (ex. Just because water makes you wet, doesn't mean its property is wet)

500

Ambiguity 

The use of double meaning to mislead of misrepresent the truth