Fallacies
This fallacy introduces something irrelevant into the argument to avoid the question
What is a Red Herring?
A detail that we know for sure and can verify
What is a fact?
Any strategy for spreading our beliefs or ideas
What is Propaganda?
Something taken for granted or accepted as truth with out proof
What is an assumption?
Taking a small group of things and applying those truths to an entire group
What is Generalization?
This fallacy is when someone uses a double standard
What is a Special Pleading?
A logical conclusion made from verifiable facts
What is Inference?
When someone tries to make you fear the consequences of not doing what he wants
What is Appeal to Fear?
When someone asks two questions but one is hidden behind the other
What is a Loaded Question
When we compare two items with each other to further explain the original point
What is an Analogy?
A fallacy when we claim our viewpoint is correct because many other people agree with it.
What is Faulty Appeal to the People?
Two people sharing information and agree with one another.
What is a discussion?
This technique convinces us that "everyone is doing it"
What is Bandwagon?
When someone asserts that we must choose between two things
What is an Either-Or Fallacy
Changing or exaggerating an opponents position to make it easier to refute
What is Straw Man?
A fallacy condemning an argument because of where is began.
What is a Genetic Fallacy?
A statement that is not entirely backed by facts
What is an Opinion?
When someone tries to make us do something out of pity for the people or things involved in the situation.
What is Appeal to Pity
This type of assumption changes the meaning of a word in the middle of an argument
What is Equivocation?
Name the 5 steps to the Scientific Method outlined in The Thinking Toolbox
What is Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze Data & Seek Advice?
What is Tu Quoque?
Two people exchange opposing viewpoints using verifiable facts to support their claim
What is an argument?
When a message is repeated loudly and often.
What is Repetition?
When someone says that what is true for the whole must also be true for each of its parts
What the Whole to Part Fallacy
Latin for since A happened before B, A must have caused B
What is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?