Logical Fallacies 1
Logical Fallacies 2
Logical Fallacies 3
Logical Fallacies 4
Logical Fallacies 5
100
"Do you support this terrible policy?"
Loaded Question
100
"If our company were really violating rights, the regulators would have stopped us by now. Since they haven’t, we must be doing nothing wrong."
Appeal to Authority
200
"We can either raise taxes or let our infrastructure crumble."
False Dilemma
200
God exists because the Bible says so, and the Bible is the word of God."
Begging the Question
200
"You claim to care about the environment, but you flew to this conference. Clearly, we should ignore your arguments."
Ad Hominem
300
"My friend took this herbal supplement and her chronic pain disappeared within a week. This proves the supplement is an effective cure."
Hasty Generalization
300
"Ever since we allowed remote work, our company culture has declined. Clearly, remote work is destroying our culture."
Post Hoc
400
Straw Man
400
"If we start requiring trigger warnings in college classes, next we will censor books, then ban controversial topics entirely, and soon universities will be nothing but propaganda centers."
Slippery Slope
500
"Either we adopt this new surveillance law, or we will be completely unable to stop terrorism."
False Dilemma/Slippery Slope