Logical Fallacies

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What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "If you eat a good diet, you will never have a heart attack"?

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Hasty Generalization

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What type of logical fallacy is the statement: "Everyone knows that teenagers are lazy"?

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Hasty Generalization

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Which logical fallacy is shown in this example: Half the people on the jury already believe that the defendant killed her husband, and that many people can't be wrong.

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Ad Populum

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Which fallacy presents only two opposing options, with no other alternatives, using the "you are either for us, or against us" rhetoric? "Either the butler did it, or the witness for the defense is lying."

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Either/or reasoning, false dichotomy

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Which fallacy appeals to the popular idea or concept as the correct course of action? "Everybody in our family goes to Georgetown for undergrad, so it only makes sense that you do, too."

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Ad populum/bandwagon

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__________ is a mistake in reasoning, a flawed argument used just to win a debate, a distraction from the actual argument, or a foundational weakness in reasoning.

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Logical Fallacy

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Why is it important to know logical fallacies?

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To detect errors in your writing as well as others

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"Russia has a terrible human rights record." "Well, the United States has done plenty of bad things." -the President when confronted about Russia's human rights abuses.

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moral equivalence

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Identify the type of logical fallacy: Faulty Causality, False Authority, Either/Or (False Dichotomy), Bandwagon.

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Either/Or (False Dichotomy)

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Diverting attention from something (usually something the arguer wants to avoid) by changing the subject to something else.

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red herring

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