Logical Fallacies Practice

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What is a Tu Quoque (You, too!) fallacy?

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A fallacy that occurs when someone responds to an accusation by making a counter-accusation, rather than addressing the original issue.

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What is a Hasty Generalization fallacy?

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A fallacy that occurs when a conclusion is drawn from an insufficient or biased sample.

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What is Begging the Question (Circular Reasoning)?

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A fallacy in which the conclusion is included in the premise, assuming what it is trying to prove.

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What is a False Authority fallacy?

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A fallacy that occurs when someone claims something is true based on the authority of someone who is not an expert in that area.

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What is a Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (Causal Fallacy)?

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A fallacy that assumes that if one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.

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What is a Slippery Slope fallacy?

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A fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.

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What is a Red Herring fallacy?

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A fallacy that introduces irrelevant material to the argument to distract and lead away from the point being made.

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What is an Ad Hominem (Personal Attack) fallacy?

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A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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What is a Non Sequitur fallacy?

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A fallacy where the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises.

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What is the importance of identifying logical fallacies?

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Identifying logical fallacies helps in evaluating arguments critically and avoiding flawed reasoning.