
Fallacies
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Moral Science
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12th Grade
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Jacob Freemire
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Attacking an argument because of its source without looking at the merits of the argument.
Genetic Fallacy
Guilt by Association
Hasty Generalization
Appeal to ignorance
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a person uses evidence that is just restating their claim. This is an argument with a conclusion that appears as one of its premises. Example: X is true. The evidence for this is X.
Strawman Argument
Circular Reasoning
Bias towards the middles
False dilemma/dichotomy
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
when someone takes another person’s argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion, as if that is really the claim the first person is making. Person 1: I think pollution from humans contributes to climate change. Person 2: So, you think humans are directly responsible for extreme weather, like hurricanes, and have caused the droughts in the southwestern U.S.? If that’s the case, maybe we just need to go to the southwest and perform a “rain dance.”
Appeal to ignorance
hasty generalization
Strawman Argument
Genetic fallacy
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A researcher does a study where she finds that people who say they are on a diet are more likely than the average person to be overweight. She concludes that dieting makes people gain weight? What fallacy is she commiting?
Strawman Argument
False dilemma/dichotomy
hasty generalization
Correlation equals causation.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Proof to me that vaccines don't cause autism." What fallacy is being used here?
Genetic fallacy
hasty generalization
appeal to hypocrisy
appeal to ignorance
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you don't support this law than you must be a crime loving anarchist.
Guilt by association
Circular Reasoning
False dilemma/dichotomy
hasty generalization
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can you criticize me? You don't want me to bring up all your mistakes do you? What fallacy is this.
Genetic
hasty generalization
appeal to hypocrisy
Strawman Argument
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