Logical Fallacies

Which logical fallacy attacks the person instead of the argument or the ideas?

• Good argument

• Straw man

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

Which logical fallacy builds up the opponents argument for them, but exaggerates it or makes it look foolish, and then knocks it down?

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Black/White

Which logical fallacy reduces a complicated argument to only 2 possible choices (for us or against us)?

• straw Man

• appeal to authority

• bandwagon

• black/white

Which logical fallacy uses the idea that an argument must be correct because of who said it?

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Strawman

Which logical fallacy utilizes the idea that and argument is correct because the majority of people agree with it?

• Ad Hominem

• Good Argument

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

When they put on a show, and it’s a hit

No one tries to censor it

Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.

And when a book is selling at it’s best

It isn’t stopped; it’s not suppressed.

Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.

This is an example of which logical fallacy?

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Good argument

My opponent suggests that lowering taxes will be a good idea -- this is coming from a woman who eats a pint of Ben and Jerry’s each night!

What type of logical fallacy is this?

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Black/White

Scientist: Evolution explains how animals developed, adapted and diversified over millions of years.

Opponent: If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? And why don't we have three arms? Wouldn't that give me a competitive advantage?

What kind of a logical fallacy is this?

• Bandwagon

• straw Man

• appeal to authority

• black/white

Since Rutherford opposes gun control, he clearly wants to increase murder rates in our city

• black/white

• appeal to authority

• bandwagon

• good argument

We should have longer school lunches here at Kearney Junior High. It must be true, as Carrot Top said so.

• appeal to authority

• bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Good Argument