Critical Thinking Fallacies of Logic 2 and 3

​The straw man fallacy is named so because just as a straw man is to a real person, it is easier to “knock down”.  Changing the argument makes it seem easier to win because you are no longer arguing with the real point.

Match

Match the following definitions with its fallacy

• When a person says that two things are alike in multiple ways because they are alike in one way.

• When someone focuses on two things being "equal" instead of two things sharing traits.

• When someone changes their opponent's argument, and then refutes this "new" version of the argument.

• When irrelevant information is presented alongside relevant information, distracting attention from relevant information

• When someone attacks a person's character rather than what he or she is saying.

False analogy

False equivalence

Straw man

Red herring

Ad hominem

• False analogy

• False equivalence

• Straw man

• Red herring

• Ad hominem

​Citi bank compared themselves to a writer, an airline, a start-up, and an architect.

Multiple Choice

Which type of logical fallacy is being used by the toddler in this video?

• Straw Man

• False Analogy Fallacy

• Red Herring Fallacy

• Generalization Fallacy

​Straw Man fallacy

​Red herring fallacy

​Straw man fallacy

​Red herring fallacy

​False analogy fallacy

​False analogy fallacy