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edu | The spider that bit was poison, therefore all spiders are poison. | faulty generalization |
edu | “Gay marriages are just immoral. 70% of Americans think so!” | ad populum |
edu | "You can't give me a D because I'm an A student!" | circular reasoning |
edu | dude #1: "I support Black Lives Matter's mission to establish and put into better practice restorative justice..."
dude #2: But don't all lives matter?
dude #1: Of course, but I'm telling you about the mission of BLM. | fallacy of relevance |
edu | I hope the art mural at 34th and Habersham will not be allowed. You open the gate for one, you open it for all and you'll have it all over the city. A person wanting to paint on buildings is nothing more than upscale graffiti. More than likely it will go too far. | faulty generalization |
edu | someone who is poor is more credible than someone who is rich? | fallacy of credibility |
edu | “Feminists want to ban all pornography and punish everyone who looks at it! But such harsh measures are surely inappropriate, so the feminists are wrong: porn and its fans should be left in peace.” | fallacy of extension |
edu | "I have a right to free speech so I can say what I want and you shouldn't try to stop me" is an example of | circular reasoning |
edu | Your sister broke her arm, and then you broke your nose. So you assume that a sibling breaking a bone causes you to break one too. | false causality |
edu | Putting teenagers in sex-education classes is like taking an alcoholic to a bar. | fallacy of logic |
edu | Companies that make huge profits must be exploiting their customers because the only way a company could make large profits is by taking advantage of their customers. | circular reasoning |
edu | Evolution cannot be true. If it were true, we’d all be smelly apes. | appeal to emotion |
edu | If you drive without car insurance, then you’re an accident waiting to happen.
Stay protected with Auto Union insurance. | false dilemma |
edu | At a party you overhear a friend tell her spouse, “I had high blood pressure at the doctor’s office today; I really need to reduce the stress in my job.” | faulty generalization |
edu | While in math class, the student next to you says “math makes no sense, it can’t be real so I must not need this.” What fallacy did this student commit? | intentional |
edu | Atoms are colorless. Cats are made of atoms, so cats are colorless | faulty generalization |
edu | Teachers claim that cell phones distract students, but they only say that because teachers have no lives. | ad hominem |
edu | Look Tom, you could go to the police with your information about our questionable accounting practices here at Bentron. But remember, you have a family to feed. Besides you know how rumors of this kind of disloyalty can spread through the industry. You'll ever work as an accountant in this town again. | appeal to emotion |
edu | Every person who has ever drunk water has died. Therefore, drinking water causes death. | false causality |
edu | Deliberately using a fake issue or argument against someone because it’s easier to prove wrong than the real issue would be | fallacy of extension |
edu | I did not complete my homework last night? Well, you did not do yours last weak either. | ad hominem |
edu | Either you love me, or you hate me. | false dilemma |
edu | Although we have proven that the moon is not made of short ribs, we have not proven that its core cannot be filled with them; therefore, the moon’s core is filled with short ribs. | intentional |
edu | Jack is a good athlete. Jack comes from Canada. Therefore, all Canadians are good athletes. | faulty generalization |
edu | a mad scientist builds a rocket to the sun but plans to embark at night to avoid being cremated. | fallacy of logic |
edu | You should fly an American flag off your front porch. It’s the patriotic thing to do. | ad populum |
edu | Unfair judgement of people based on looks, belief, or ethnic background. | faulty generalization |
edu | If I make an exception for you then I'll have to make an exception for everyone | faulty generalization |
edu | My new way of obtaining informed consent helps prevent dropouts. I chose the three therapists in our clinic who had the highest dropout rates and taught them my new informed consent procedure. The first month that they started using it, all three had significantly lower dropout rates. | false causality |
edu | We, the people, are going to work together to achieve justice, unity, and integrity. | appeal to emotion |
edu | Oh please, what do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job. | ad hominem |
edu | Tim: Boss, you heard my side of the story why I think Bill should be fired and not me. Now, I am sure Bill is going to come to you with some pathetic attempt to weasel out of this lie that he has created.
| ad hominem |
edu | You can’t give me a C. I’ll lose my scholarship. | appeal to emotion |
edu | My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me. | ad hominem |
edu | "In the business meeting, she proposed a new advertising plan for the dog food brand, but I found out she actually hates dogs. How can we trust her advertising skills?" | ad hominem |
edu | I guess I should buy my 12 year old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her school has one, and I want her to fit in with the other kids. | ad populum |
edu | The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it will probably help me understand my finances, too. | fallacy of logic |
edu | "Right when I sneezed, the power went off. I must've caused the outage." Bragged Zohaw. | false causality |
edu | We can have Sally as our soldier or we can have Brittany be the queen of the kingdom. | false dilemma |
edu | If we legalize marijuana, then more people will try heroin | faulty generalization |
edu | In her paper, Aida states "Filthy, polluting hummers should be banned."
Name that fallacy: | circular reasoning |
edu | The secretary claims that mining is doing more harm than good to the environment and to the people. The pro-mining politicians accused her of being anti-poor who values the life of a tree more than the life of miners whose only source of income is mining. | fallacy of extension |
edu | Famous actors like Alex Gonzaga and Philip Salvador support Oplan Tokhang, so it must be an effective operation. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | AttP 8: everyone having strict controls on firearms except the U.S. | ad populum |
edu | All stars are exploding balls of gas.
Miley Cyrus is a star.
Therefore, Miley Cyrus is an exploding ball of gas | equivocation |
edu | Which fallacy literally means "He did it himself?" | fallacy of credibility |
edu | "Everytime I wash my car it rains; therefore, washing my car makes it rain." | false causality |
edu | Pamela says that she thinks that the class should do more service projects. Mark says he can't believe that Pamela doesn't support the annual school dance.
Pamela dice que ella piensa que la clase debería hacer más proyectos de servicio. Mark dice que no puede creer que Pamela no apoye el baile escolar anual | fallacy of extension |
edu | Christina's shoes are superior, because they're made from one hundred percent snakeskin, not synthetic materials. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | "Do the best for your baby" is an example of ... | appeal to emotion |
edu | When Squealer/Napoleon calls Snowball a 'traitor', and 'criminal' | ad hominem |
edu | Don't you want the best for your baby? | appeal to emotion |
edu | Fatima sneezed and she caused a tsunami in Tokyo. | false causality |
edu | You can either start using plastic straws or continue killing ocean life with plastic pollution. | false dilemma |
edu | the best money can buy… (Don’t mention it’s expensive and often needs repair.) | intentional |
edu | Mr. Casal is a bad teacher because he stinks. | ad hominem |
edu | Jill and Jane have some concerns that the rules their sorority has set are racist in character. Since Jill is a decent person, she brings her concerns up in the next meeting. The president of the sorority assures her that there is nothing wrong with the rules, since the majority of the sisters like them. Jane accepts this ruling but Jill decides to leave the sorority. | ad populum |
edu | "I had a bad teacher once; therefore, all teachers must be bad." | faulty generalization |
edu | Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something. | false causality |
edu | There are more laws on the books than ever before, and more crimes are being committed than ever before. Therefore, to reduce crime, we must eliminate the laws. | false causality |
edu | Men score better on math than women do. Jerry is a man. Therefore, Jerry is better at math than Sylvia, who is a woman. | faulty generalization |
edu | Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack | fallacy of extension |
edu | "You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers - so you know I can run your preschool."? | fallacy of credibility |
edu | men don’t cry | faulty generalization |
edu | A real estate ad shows a happy family moving in to the home of their dreams. | appeal to emotion |
edu | God did not create the world six thousand years ago because matter has always existed, and therefore the world has always existed. | circular reasoning |
edu | It's common sense that if you smack your children, they will stop the bad behavior. So don't tell me not to hit my kids. | intentional |
edu | BILL CLINTON: But when Joe McCarthy went around this country attacking people’s patriotism, he was wrong. He was wrong. And a senator from Connecticut stood up to him named Prescott Bush. Your father was right to stand up to Joe McCarthy, you were wrong to attack my patriotism. I was opposed to the war but I loved my country… Debate 1,
October 11, 1992
St. Louis, Missouri
What logical fallacy did Clinton’s statement employ? | ad hominem |
edu | "Every time I go to sleep the sun goes down. Therefore, my sleeping causes the sun to set." | false causality |
edu | If I don't get this 5 point assignment done then I will fall behind in my grade and will get backed up so I can't get my other assignment done. Then I will fail the class and turn to a life of crime. | faulty generalization |
edu | Presents only two choices when more options exist | false dilemma |
edu | If we keep kids from enjoying recess, eventually they will never want to preserve nature. | faulty generalization |
edu | What’s the point of making drinking illegal under the age of 21? Kids still manage to get alcohol. | intentional |
edu | "Cars cause more deaths than firearms do, so if we ban firearms we should also ban cars." | fallacy of logic |
edu | "You will never be satisfied in life if you don’t seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" Which appeal is the primary appeal used in this quote? | appeal to emotion |
edu | SM 3: Polls concerning global warming | ad populum |
edu | Everybody loves Raymond because he is so popular. Popular people are loved by everybody. | circular reasoning |
edu | Everyone does it. You should too. | ad populum |
edu | "She's such a mean teacher and person – that's why she wouldn't raise my grade ONE percent!" | ad hominem |
edu | The officer told me to freeze but it was too hot out to be freezing, so I was justified in running away. | equivocation |
edu | All boys are sports fans.
Some bakers are boys.
Therefore, some bakers are not sports fans. | fallacy of logic |
edu | You can buy the new Sensitivity perfume, or you can smell bad all day. | false dilemma |
edu | Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation | ad populum |
edu | “Police officers agree that Blackjack Steering Wheel Locks are the most effective deterrent against car theft.” | fallacy of credibility |
edu | Mr. Casal was very tired because he had no energy. | circular reasoning |
edu | I like my steak rare. But I don’t care for aardvark steak, even though it’s the rarest steak in the world. | equivocation |
edu | Habib didn't remember to take out the trash this morning. It will pile up and the neighbors will complain and the health inspectors will come and take away the kids. | faulty generalization |
edu | The music industry must either raise album prices or reduce pay for technicians and producers. | false dilemma |
edu | Primitive people believed in gods to explain natural phenomena. We have science, and are not primitive anymore. Therefore, there is no God. | ad hominem |
edu | Either you can save your money to buy a new car for yourself, or you can just take an Uber around for the rest of your life. | false dilemma |
edu | Why did the blond cross the road? Because she saw a shoe sale! | faulty generalization |
edu | You cannot blame your friends for a rain delay just because every time they go with you to a ballgame it storms and
play is delayed. Likewise, the fact that a pitcher bought new socks before he pitched a winning game does not mean that new
socks cause a pitcher to throw faster. | false causality |
edu | The phrase, "Almost everyone that was asked said that McDonalds is better than Burger King, so it must be true," represents which fallacy? | ad populum |
edu | The school is in bad shape. Either we tear it down and put up a new building, or we continue to risk students’ safety. Obviously, we shouldn’t risk anyone’s safety, so we must tear the building down.” | false dilemma |
edu | Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit in the head in order to make them work, so must employees. | fallacy of logic |
edu | "Good morning! Have you gotten over the grouchy mood you were in?" | intentional |
edu | Dean, the company you work for just filed for bankruptcy! How can I trust you with our money? | faulty generalization |
edu | The house is white; therefore it must be big | fallacy of logic |
edu | This seat belt ad is using which type of persuasive appeal? It has a picture which might make people feel sad. | appeal to emotion |
edu | Mom: (looking at report card) How do you have an F in English?!
Son: I don’t know. Did you see that loaded the dishwasher? I was about to go mow the lawn. Need me to do anything else? | fallacy of relevance |
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