Fallacies Quiz

Literally meaning “after this,” this is a causal fallacy in which a person assumes one thing caused another simply because it happened prior to the other.

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Authority

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

Half an appeal to fear and half a casual fallacy, this fallacy occurs when someone suggests that one action will lead to an inevitable and undesirable outcome.

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Pity

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

It refers to an attempt to use compassion to replace a logical argument.

• Appeal to Pity

• Appeal to Authority

• Post Hoc

• Ad Hominem

Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.

• Appeal to Pity

• Appeal to Authority

• Post Hoc

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

A fallacious argumentative strategy whereby genuine discussion of the topic at hand is avoided by instead attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument.

• Post Hoc

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

This fallacy occurs when someone presents a limited number of options and ignores other viable alternatives.

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Authority

• Ad Hominem

Leonardo DiCaprio is just a dumb actor! What does he really know about climate change?!

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Authority

• Ad Hominem

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

"Either you recycle or you don't care about human life."

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Pity

• Post Hoc

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

"Our planet is going to be destroyed! People are creating too much waste, the temperature will continue to rise, natural disasters will occur more frequently, the animals will starve to death, and the planet will basically turn into Venus!"

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Pity

• appeal to Authority

"Stephen Hawking in the smartest scientist on the planet, so if he says global warming is real, it must be true!"

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Pity

• Ad Hominem