
Logical Fallacies and Evidence
Authored by Christopher Giles
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
This is a conclusion that if A happens, then eventually through a series of small steps, Z will happen. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.
Red herring
Facts
Post-hoc
Slippery-slope
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
This conclusion occurs when one rushes to a conclusion without getting all of the facts.
Generalization
Anecdotes
Strawman
Circular reasoning
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Fallacies are flaws in reasoning because they....
often include name calling.
they lack credible evidence to support a claim.
they are a statement of fact.
they strengthen an argument.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
This is an attack on an opponents character rather than his claim or argument.
Generalization
Name calling
Slippery-slope
Ad hominem
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
This type of appeal attempts to persuades others to think the same way as the majority, or a group of people think, in order to persuade one to think the same way.
Emotional appeal
Statistics
Fallacies
Bandwagon
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
This is a diversionary tactic that introduces an irrelevant topic to an argument in order to distract readers and listeners from the original issue.
Straw man
Quotes
Red herring
Anecdotes
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
This fallacy occurs when someone takes another person’s claim and attempts to distort or exaggerate it in some kind of extreme way to make it easier to attack the argument.
Bandwagon
Emotional appeal
Hyperbole
Straw man
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