Logical Fallacies Set 3

People either like coffee or hate it.

• Ad Hominem

• False Dichotomy

• Red herring

• Band Wagon

I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him. 

• Hasty Generalization
• Straw Man
• Bandwagon Appeal
• Appeal to False Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A broad claim based on limited evidence.

• false dichotomy

• false causation

• red herring

• hasty generalization

A driver with a New York license plate cuts you off in traffic. You decide that all New York drivers are terrible drivers.

• hasty generalization

• either-or fallacy

• false cause and effect

• bandwagon appeal

You should eat more green leafy vegetables, because Ms. Lord says so, and she is an expert on grammar and vocabulary.

• Hasty Generalization

• False Cause

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to False (irrelevant) Authority

This technique suggests that a person or product will protect you against something unpleasant or dangerous.

• Logical Appeal
• Appeal to fear

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

My job interview did not go well. I'll never get a job.

• bandwagon

• hasty generalization

• attack the man

• circular reasoning

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Faulty Causality

• Straw Man

If I tell my teacher I have done my homework, but I have only done part of it, I am using

• non sequitur--I'm changing the subject to something unrelated that "doesn't follow."

• equivocation--I'm using "done my homework" to mean something different from what she means.

• circular argument--I'm just giving her a definition of homework.

This is an example of:

• Circular Reasoning
• Ad Hominem
• Appeal to the Bandwagon
• Hasty Generalization