Logical Fallacies

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• circular reasoning

• hasty generalization

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If we use just one more can of hairspray this month, earth as we know it will no longer exist.

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• red herring

• straw man

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We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

• straw man

• red herring

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Why is this a logical fallacy?

• It only gives you two choices.
• It attacks Taylor Swift.
• It stereotypes singers.
• It says Taylor Swift is an expert on soda when she's a singer.

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Why is this a logical fallacy?
"Don't listen to Mr. Fingers when he says walk in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears bow ties?"

• It appeals to authority.
• It tells you to do something because it's popular.
• It attacks the person. 
• It gives you an unlikely outcome. 

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Why is this a logical fallacy? "Annie must like Starbucks because all white girls like Starbucks."

• It changes the argument.
• It stereotypes.
• It connects two unrelated things.
• It reduces the argument.

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Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• Ad hominem
• Categorical Claim
• Exaggeration
• Stereotyping

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You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• Card Stacking

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Don't ever gamble! Once you start, you won't be able to stop, and you'll end up bankrupt.

• ad hominem
• bandwagon
• either-or fallacy
• slippery slope

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People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

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