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Miscellaneous 2
100

Name this Fallacy: 

Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X

What is Post Hoc?

100

If we legalize marijuana, then people will come to believe that it is an acceptable drug. If that happens, then other states will follow and that will lead to legalization of the drug nationwide. In no time, everybody and their grandmother is going to be running around doing pot!

What is Slippery Slope?

100


What is Appeal to Tradition?

100


What is Glittering Generality?

100


What is Ad Hominem?

200

Name this Fallacy: 

Assumes that the opinion of the majority is always valid

What is Ad Populum/Bandwagon Fallacy?

200

My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you.

What is Hasty Generalization?

200


What is Appeal to Hypocrisy?

200

Name this Fallacy:

Misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question--> switches issues mid-argument

What is Red Herring?

200

You can't prove that there aren't Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars, so it is reasonable for me to believe there are

What is Appeal to Ignorance/Non-Testable Hypothesis?

300

Name this Fallacy: 

If two objects share one property, they are considered the same and share all properties

What is False Analogy?

300

I know we don't love each other. But, if we don't get married it will crush my mother. You know she has a weak heart. Do you really want to do that to her?

What is Appeal to Pity/Faulty Emotional Appeal?

300


What is Equivocation/Semantics?

300


What is False Dilemma?

300

Name this Fallacy:

Premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it

What is Circular Reasoning/Begging the Question?

400

Name this Fallacy: 

Misrepresenting an opponent's position to make it easier to refute

What is Straw Man?

400

One of the fence posts is broken

Either an old nail rusted through, OR an albino moose, lost on its quest for its squirrel best friend, crashed through the fence in despair

What is Occam's Razor?

400


What is Moral Equivalency?

400

For 1 month in 2009, the ice caps were larger than they were in 1989; therefore, global warming is fake

What is Cherry Picking?

400

Name this Fallacy:

attempt to invalidate someone else's position on the basis that the same view was held by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party

What is Reductio Ad Hitlerum?

500

Name this Fallacy: 

When one doctrine is pushed as the only acceptable conclusion and belief is beyond question

What is Dogmatism?

500

If someone asks what it's like outside and you reply, "It's 2:00

What is Non-Sequitur?

500


What is False Authority?

500

A dating app matches Joe and Jane because they both love The Office, pizza, dogs, chocolate, laughing, tacos, and the beach. However, it doesn’t take into account Joe and Jane’s differences, like that Joe is 25 years old and Jane is 60 or that Joe works nights and Jane works a 9-5 job

What is Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy?

500

Hugo has had twelve accidents n the last six months, yet he insists that it is just a coincidence and not his fault.

What is Slothful Induction?