Logical Fallacies

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

• Bandwagon

• False Analogy

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

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If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominim

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

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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.

• Strawman

• Dogmatism

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

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Charlie: Fast food is filled with salt, fat, and added sugars. We need better regulation of the industry. Bob: That may be, but you’re such a hypocrite! I saw you devour a Triple-Baconator, super-sized fries, and 64 ounces of soda yesterday.

• Ad Hominem

• False Authority

• False Analogy

• Dogmatism

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Candidate B has some good experience, but her shoes are too high and look extremely uncomfortable.

• False Authority

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

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Because B come after A, A must have cause B

• Post Hoc

• Hasty Genralizaation

• Slippery Slope

• Weak/False Analogy

The arguer attacks his/her opponent as a person instead of the opponents argument

• Ad Hominem

• Appeals to Authority

• Band Wagon

• Slippery Slope

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The arguer sets up a situation so it looks like there are only two choices.

• Appeal to Pity

• Either Or

• Red Herring

• Genetic Fallacy

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When the arguer goes off on a tangent part way through the argument, missing a separate issue to distract the audience from what's really the issue

• Straw Man

• Genetic Fallacy

• Either Or

• Red Herring

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Rejecting an argument based on it's origin rather than it's own merits

• Red Herring

• Genetic Fallacy

• Straw Man

• Equivocation

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