Logical Fallacies

Category 1

100

Joan and Mary both drive pick up trucks. Since Joan is a teacher, Mary must also be a teacher. 

False analogy

300

An attack on the person, rather than this or her arguments or opinions.

AD hominem

Category 2

100

Cigarettes can kill you because cigarettes are deadly 

Begging the question 

300

This type of fallacy occurs when a conclusion does not follow its premises

Non-sequitur

Category 3

100

"I prefer rainy days over sunny days"

"Yes, but if it's never sunny out, people will suffer from the lack of vitamin D."

straw man 

200

I just arrived in this country and the first 2 local people I met were so rude. Everyone in this country must be unfriendly

Hasty generalization

300

Slippery slope 

this fallacy occurs when a person argues that an event will inevietly happen without providing any examples 

Category 4

300

This logical fallacy occurs when it is assumed that one thing caused another when the two events happen sequentially

Post hoc ergo proper hoc 

Category 5

300

This logical fallacy that is a division tactic that leads people away from the key.  

Red herring