Fallacies

Which of the following is not deductive reasoning?

• Friday night buffet is usually full if seafood is served. The sales on Saturday night need to be increased. Hence, we should serve seafood on Saturday.

• To graduate with a Degree, a student must fulfill 120 credit hours. Ally has 123 credits. She will graduate with a degree.

• 10 recent customers ordered coke with their meals. We should provide coke as set meal drink.

• All apples are fruit. Granny Smith is an apple. Granny smith is a fruit.

Which of the following is not inductive reasoning?

• The coin I pulled from the bag is a 10 cent coin. A second coin that we took from the bag is a 10 cent coin. A third coin from the bag is a 10 cent coin. Therefore, all the coins in the bag are 10 cent coins.

• Mei Ling is a Chinese. Mei Ling has small eyes. All Chinese have small eyes.

• The chair in the living room is red. The chair in the dining room is red. The chair in the bedrrom is red. All chairs in the house are red.

• This dog always barks when someone is at the door, and the dog didn’t bark. There’s no one at the door.

Which of the following is also known as “you too” fallacy?

• False Dichotomy

• False Cause

• Personalisations

• Appealing to authority

My female classmate is bad at driving. My sister is bad at driving. All girls are bad at driving. This is an example of ______________________________.

• Personalisations

• Generalisations

• Everyone Does it

• Weak analogy

"Either go to college or forget about getting a job." This is an example of _______________________.

• Appealing to authority

• Personalisations

• False Cause

• False Dichotomy

“I wore my lucky necklace when I took the test, so that is probably why I did so well on the test.” This is an example of ___________________.

• False cause

• False dichotomy

• Generalisation

• Personalisation

Michael Phelps, a popular Olympic swimmer acts in commercials to promote a shampoo. Promoting products using famous people as a sales tactic is an example of _____________________.

• Generalisation

• Weak analogy

• Appealing to authority

• Personalisation

Martha drove on the emergency lane when she is in a rush. She has seen many people doing so, so it must be okay to do it.

• Appealing to authority

• Everyone does it

• Generalisation

• Personalisation

"Do not trust what he says. He is a man, I'm sure he is lying." What fallacy is this?

• Weak analogy

• Appealing to authority

• False cause

• Personalisation

English and Bahasa Malaysia are both language subjects. If you are good in English, you must be good in Bahasa Malaysia.

• Weak analogy

• Generalisation

• Personalisation

• Appealing to authority