Logical Fallacies

We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• begging the question

• post hoc, ergo propter hoc

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

• non sequitur

• oversimplification

• begging the question

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.

• False Analogy

• False Dilemma

• Ad Hominem

• Circular Reasoning

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc

• Appeal to False Authority

• Oversimplification

• False Analogy

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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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"The mind is like a knife, cutting through difficult problems. But just as too much cutting dulls a knife, so too much education dulls the mind."

• Non sequitur

• False analogy

• Equivocation

• Begging the question

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The two courses I took at UF were not very interesting. I don't think its a good university."

• Ciruclar reasoning

• Ad hominem

• Hasty generalization

• False dilemma

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why is this a logical fallacy? "All elephants are big. Some boys are big. Therefore some boys are elephants."

• It says A is true and B is true so A+B must be true.
• It oversimplifies.
• It only gives two choices to a larger problem.
• It says the two things always happen together.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs.

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Non Sequitur

• Straw Man

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• oversimplification

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D