Logical Fallacies
Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.
What is appeal to authority?
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What is or (disjunction)
The truth value of p ^ q when p is true and q is false
What is false?
GETHER GETHER
What is "together"?
What has holes but holds water?
What is a sponge?
A fallacy in which the author attacks the person make the opposing argument, rather than the argument itself.
What is an ad hominem fallacy?
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What is not
The truth value of r ^ s, when r and s are both false
What is false?
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What is "forgive and forget"?
Name four days of the week that start with the letter "t"?
What is "Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tommorrow"?
A fallacy in which the author makes a conclusion based on a lack of evidence.
What is appeal to ignorance?
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What is ...If...Then (conditional)
if p represents the ocean is cold q represents the sand is hot in words p ^ ~q
What is the ocean is cold and the sand is not hot
JOBINJOB
What is "In Between Jobs"?
Two fathers and two sons walk into a candy store. They each buy something for $0.50 but they only spent $1.50. How is that possible?
What is One grandfather, one father and one son?
Presenting two opposing options as the only two options while hiding alternatives.
What is false dilemma?
The negation of "the sky is purple"
What is the sky is not purple
p V q when p is false and q is true
What is true
DOX DOX
What is "paradox"?
Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?
What is Empty?
The following is an example of a ___________ fallacy: The level of mercury in seafood may be unsafe, but what will fishers do to support their families?
What is a red herring fallacy?
The negation of "Buffalo is not in New York"
What is Buffalo is in NY
r represents there is no school in August s represents I passed all of my classes in words: s --> r
What is If I passed all of my classes then there is no school in August?
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What is "without a second glance"?
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
What is a Candle?