Logical Fallacies

Person 1: Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation.

Person 2: We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians.

• Band Wagon

• Either/Or

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

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“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”

• Appeal to False Authorirty
• Bandwagon Appeal
• Faulty Analogy
• Ad Hominem

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I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.

• Ad hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Either/Or

• Appeal to Popularity

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Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

• Hasty Generalization
• Post Hoc
• Bandwagon Appeals
• False Dilemma

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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

• Appeal to False Authority
• Bandwagon appeal
• Faulty Analogy

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Your friend says, "You can't prove that space aliens don't exist, so they must be real". This is an example of which logical fallacy?

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Strawman Fallacy
• Argument from Authority
• Ad Hominem

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