Logical Fallacies

I've met three redheads and they were all mean, so all redheads are mean.

• Hasty Generalization

• Strawman fallacy

• Ad hominem

• Faulty Use of Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

My 5th-grade teacher once told me that girls would go crazy for boys if they learn how to dance.  Therefore, if you want to make the ladies go crazy for you, learn to dance.

• Ad Misericordiam

• Faulty Use of Authority

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Young lovers are trespassing and kissing on a balcony but the security guard leaves them alone because they look so happy.

• False Analogy

• Faulty Emotional Appeal

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Joan and Mary both drive pickup trucks. Since Joan is a teacher, Mary must also be a teacher.

• Appeal to Emotion

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• False Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Building new cell phone towers will disorient birds, which will lead to insect infestations due to a lack of predators for them.

• Slippery slope fallacy

• Ad Misericordiam

• Ad Hominem

• False Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

“You have no idea what you're talking about; you've only lived here for six months.”

• Ad Hominem

• Ad Misericordiam

• False Analogy

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A black cat crossed my path, and then I got into a car accident. The black cat caused the car accident.

• Ad Hominem

• False Analogy

• Post Hoc

• Ad Misericordiam

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A teacher says her class needs to spend more time on math tasks. A parent complains, saying the teacher doesn’t care about literacy subjects.

• Straw Man fallacy

• Ad Hominem

• False Analogy

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Mrs. Vital did not allow Sarah to go out of the class. The student responds with “Why are you so mean?”

• Straw Man fallacy

• Hasty Generalization

• False Analogy

• Appeal to Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

IPhone is the best cellphone brand because most Americans use it.

• Ad Populum (Appealing to Masses)

• Ad Misericordiam (Appeal to Pity)

• Ad Hominem (Attacking the Man)

• False Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1