Logical Fallacies Flashcard

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Strawman fallacy

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Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Which fallacy involves asserting that if we allow A to happen, then Z will consequently happen, so A should not happen?

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Slippery slope

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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"Ad hominem" fallacy

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Attacking your opponent's character or personal traits instead of engaging with their argument.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Which fallacy is described as "moving the goalposts or making up exceptions when a claim is shown to be false"? Options: Special pleading, Bandwagon, Genetic, Anecdotal

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Special pleading

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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What is the "bandwagon" fallacy?

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Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Which fallacy involves saying that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true?

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Appeal to authority

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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What does the "false cause" fallacy imply?

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Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Which fallacy is described as "using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth"? Options: Ambiguity, Genetic, Anecdotal, Loaded question

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Ambiguity

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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What is the "no true scotsman" fallacy?

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Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms of an argument.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Which fallacy involves making an argument that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good, or ideal?

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Appeal to nature

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5