Hm...The Facts?
It says that a compromise between two extreme arguments will be the right answer.
What is a Middle Ground Fallacy?
What is Tu Quoque?
"Do you think the President should be impeached for colluding with foreign powers?"
What is a Loaded Question Fallacy?
“Is that the reason you don’t care about protecting the environment?”
What is Loaded Question?
John: “I believe sport hunting is immoral.”
Michael: “You think we should all be vegetarians because animals are more important than people?”
What is Straw Man Fallacy?
When someone draws an analogy or a comparison between two things that really aren’t that similar in order to make an argument.
What is a Weak Analogy Fallacy?
A doctor is like a mechanic since both fix things that are broken.
What is a Weak Analogy?
I don't care if that guy weighed 300 pounds! You're a Boy Scout, and Boy Scouts help those in need. You should have jumped right into that lake to try to save him!
What is Begging the Question(Loaded Label)/Is-Ought Fallacy?
“4 million happy dog owners can’t be wrong, our dog food is the best.”
What is Bandwagon Fallacy?
Cats make great pets. Tigers are big cats. That means tigers make great pets.
What is Equivocation?
Arguments that make an unwarranted generalization on the basis of too few samples.
What is Hasty Generalization (Converse Accident)?
Diverting attention from the main issue by focusing on something that's only indirectly related.
What is Red Herring?
Every time I let you borrow my car, it breaks down. I'm sorry, but I can't let you use it any more.
What is False Cause?
I don't believe you! You're just a meany head!
When someone tries to get you to believe, think or do something just b/c a whole bunch of other people are already believing, thinking or doing it.
What is The Bandwagon. Fallacy?
Person 1: We should make immigration to the United States an easier, more streamlined process.
Person 2: So you just want wide-open borders that would let anybody, even criminals and murders, into the U.S.
What is Strawman Fallacy?
“I believe unicorns are real and since you can’t prove they’re not, then that just shows I’m right!”
What is Burden of Proof?
“People shouldn’t steal from stores, but I had to…I lost my job last week”.
What is Special Pleading (a form of red herring)?
Saying something is either good or bad simply because of where it came from or b/c of who said it.
What is Genetic Fallacy?
“Using logic is important b/c it’s important to use logic!”
What is Circular Reasoning?
What is False Cause?
You can't give Dr. Jones's theories any credence. He's not a real scholar! He's just a journalistic hack! Why, I wouldn't be surprised if he got his degree as a snack box prize.
What is Ad Hominem (Abusive)?
John says: “I’m really disappointed that you weren’t there to help me paint my house last week like you promised” Courtney: “Oh yeah? Well, what about that time you didn’t show up at my retirement party?”
What is Red Herring?
When someone concludes something to be untrue just because they can’t imagine it being true.
What is Personal Incredulity?
Claiming that something that is new or modern is superior to the status quo, based exclusively on its newness.
What is Appeal to Novelty?
This happens when someone has a hard time understanding something, so they just decide it can’t possibly be true since it’s so hard to understand.
What is Personal Incredulity Fallacy?
It’s like the difference between a thermostat & a thermometer. The thermostat is what determines the temperature of a room, whereas the thermometer reacts to the changes in the room and tells you what the temperature is. You adjust the thermostat first, and the thermometer responds to it.
What is Appeal to Emotion?
James: Is it clear that man is descended from the apes.
Bryan: So, on which side of the family are you descended from the apes, your mother's side or your father's side?
This arises by asking a question that presupposes a claim so that it cannot be answered to without sounding guilty.
What is a Loaded Question Fallacy?
“The rooster crows always before the sun rises, therefore, the crowing rooster causes the sun to rise.”
What is the Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy?