Logic 101
Labeling every person in a group based on a preconceived idea as to what the group is.
What is a stereotype?
The topic for the argument.
What is the resolution?
Everyone has an iPhone; therefore, I have an iPhone.
What is the Bandwagon fallacy?
Mrs. Wetmore sells these for $3.00.
What are energy drinks?
The definition of a fallacy.
What is the weakness in someone's argument?
A person's sense of right or wrong.
What are ethics?
This part of an argument states your idea or the premises of what you are speaking about.
What is a claim?
Two years ago, I stubbed my toe on Christmas day. This Christmas (and the next and the next and the next), I will stub my toe.
What is the Gambler's fallacy?
What is Castle Rock?
When someone says they have the ability to state the claim when they actually do not.
What is Appeal to Authority?
This type of reasoning moves from a generic claim to a specific example.
What is deductive reasoning?
The why a claim is true.
What is the warrant?
Cats like to scratch things. Scratching things is really mean. Therefore, all cats are mean.
What is a hasty generalization?
Mrs. Wetmore has a lot of these in her desk.
What are sticky notes?
This fallacy has premise that its reasoning is based on the idea we don’t know something.
What is appeal to ignorance?
This type of reasoning moves from a specific example to a general one.
What is inductive reasoning?
What is cross examination?
“If stub my toe then my foot will hurt, and if my foot will hurt I can’t do P.E, and if I can’t do P.E, I can’t play volleyball, and if I can’t play volleyball, then I can’t go to the Olympics!”
What is a slippery slope fallacy?
This color of lipstick is Mrs. Wetmore's favorite.
What is red?
This fallacy attacks a different subject rather than the topic being discussed — often a more extreme version of the counter argument.
What is the Strawman fallacy?
A statement with three parts, the first two of which prove that the third part is true.
What is syllogism?
This type of evidence is at the top of source hierarchy.
What are Peer-Reviewed Research?
Severus Snape is a great example of this fallacy.
What is a red herring?
The name of Mrs. Wetmore's dogs.
What are Badger, Jasper, Jazzi, Sherlock, and Mage.
Something is not a part of a group because of a certain quality or behavior.
What is No True Scotsman?