This fallacy assumes that the most popular argument is the most correct one
What is the Bandwagon Fallacy?
100
This logical fallacy occurs when you just repeat the initial claim without any supporting evidence.
What is a Circular Argument Fallacy?
100
ID the Fallacy: We start debating the evidence supporting evolutionary theory, but you bring up the fact that believe this theory is emotionally depressing.
What is a Red Herring Fallacy? (Changing subjects mid-stream.)
100
ID the Fallacy: C'mon dude(ette), everybody's doin' it!
What is a Band Wagon Fallacy?
100
This is the craft of argumentation/persuasion.
What is rhetoric?
200
This fallacy paints an issue as black and white, with no middle ground, nuance, or compromise.
What is the Either/Or Fallacy?
200
This fallacy arises from treating small incidences for a larger trend.
What is the Hasty Generalization Fallacy?
200
ID the Fallacy: If you surrender your freedoms, the terrorists have already won. You don't want that, do you?
What is a Straw Man Fallacy? (Using extremes and presenting them as common.)
200
ID the Fallacy: Equating legalizing and recognizing gay marriage with legalizing pedophilia.
What is a Moral Equivalency Fallacy?
200
This rhetorical appeal deals with the timeliness of an argument.
What is Kairos?
300
This fallacy arises when a conclusion does not follow from the premise of the argument.
What is Non Sequitur Fallacy?
300
This fallacy arises from an attack on the person advancing the argument, rather than an attack on the quality of the opposing argument.
What is an Ad Hominem Fallacy?
300
ID the Fallacy: Just like a cat needs to prowl, a normal adult can not be tied down to one single lover.
What is a False Analogy?
300
ID the Fallacy: Ducks are birds; Ducks swim in water; Chickens are birds; Therefore, Chickens swim in water.
What is Affirming the Consequent Fallacy?
300
This is the element of ethos that deals with "authorial wisdom".
What is phronesis?
400
This fallacy arises when a person inappropriately uses jargon, form numbers, and abbreviations to either attempt to mark themselves as group insider or to impress other group outsiders.
What is the Alphabet Soup Fallacy?
400
This fallacy arises when one argues that if available sources remain silent/can not prove anything about a topic, this silence proves the truth of the initial claim.
What is the Argumentum ex Silentio Fallacy?
400
ID the Fallacy: You don't keep up on your homework and start a paper the night before it is due. When it's returned to you it has a C-grade. You conclude that the grade reflects the teachers ignorance or personal dislike for you?
What is Failing Occam's Razor (The simplest explanation is usually the correct explanation.)
400
ID the Fallacy: Assad must have used chemical weapons on civilians; the president wouldn't lie to us.
What is an Argument from Authority Fallacy?
400
This is the element of ethos that deals with the moral character of the author.
What is arete?
500
This fallacy arises when people notice, search out, or select and share only evidence that supports their pre-existing beliefs.
What is the Fallacy of Confirmation Bias?
500
This fallacy arises from a refusal to define terms, or from purposefully using words to mean something different from the likely interpretation put on those words by the audience.
What is the Equivocation Fallacy?
500
ID the Fallacy: Drinkers are more likely than non-drinkers to get lung cancer, suggesting drinking causes lung cancer.
What is a Post Hoc Reasoning Fallacy?
500
ID the Fallacy: If you loved me, you would buy me this car.
What is a Non Sequitur?
500
This element of ethos refers to the authors understanding of the public good.