Logical Fallacies

Senator Smith says that the nation should not add to the defense budget. Senator Jones says that he cannot believe that Senator Smith wants to leave the nation defenseless.

• Apostrophe

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

• Straw Man Fallacy

• Litotes

• Procatalepsis

If we allow the principal to change the date of Prom, what's next? He's going to want to cancel the dance altogether!

• Slippery Slope

• Antithesis

• False Dichotomy

• Litotes

• Appeal to Ignorance

Socrates' arguments about human excellence are rubbish. What could a man as ugly as he know about human excellence.

• Ad Hominem

• Tu Quoque

• Circular Reasoning

• Antithesis

• Apostrophe

Wilma: You cheated on your income tax. Don't you realize that's wrong?

Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?

• Tu Quoque

• Strawman

• Litotes

• Procatalepsis

• False Dichotomy

You either support Kamala Harris for President or you don't believe in women's rights.

• False Dichotomy

• Petitio Principii

• Litotes

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Causal Fallacy

Fruits and vegetables are part of a healthy diet. After all, a healthy eating plan includes fruits and vegetables.

• Petitio Principii (Circular Reasoning, Begging the Question)

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Apostrophe

• Antithesis

• Causal Fallacies

She didn't say that I couldn't borrow her car, so I figured it was fine if I borrowed it for the weekend.

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Strawman

• Slippery Slope

• Procatalepsis

• Tu Quoque

In Romania, abortion was illegal under two decades of rule by the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the country enjoyed one of the lowest breast cancer rates in the entire world during that time, far lower than comparable Western countries.

• Causal Fallacy (post hoc ergo propter hoc)

• Ad Hominem

• Anadiplosis

• False Dichotomy

• Appeal to Ignorance

Bob: If evolution is real, then show me an example of evolution occurring right now.

Suzy: Sure. Just look at the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria. As antibiotics are used, they apply selective pressure that weeds out those that are susceptible to it, allowing those that are resistant to grow out of control.

Bob: No, that doesn’t count. Show me an example that occurs over long periods of time.

• Moving the Goalposts

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Ignorance

"But officer, I don't deserve a ticket; everyone goes this speed. If I went any slower, I wouldn't be going with the stream of traffic."

• Argumentum Ad Populum

• Post Hoc

• Tu Quoque

• False Dichotomy