Logical Fallacy 1

The following image is an example of which logical fallacy? The image reads "How can you convict this man of murdering his mother?! He's an orphan!"

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to Emotion

• Slippery Slope

• False Authority

The following is an example of which logical fallacy? "A 2005 Gallup Poll found that an estimated 25% of Americans over the age of 18 believe in astrology - or that the position of the stars and planets can affect people’s lives. This is roughly 75,000,000 people. Therefore, there must be some truth to astrology!"

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to Emotion

• Slippery Slope

• False Authority

The following image is an example of which logical fallacy?

• Loaded Question

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to Authority

This statement is an example of which logical fallacy? All the movies I watched as a kid showed people of color who live in the city as gang members, so obviously all people of color in cities are in gangs.

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem/Personal attack

• Bandwagon

If you follow the advice of the following image, which logical fallacy would you be using in your argument?

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Emotion

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem/Personal attack

The following statement is an example of which logical fallacy? "Why worry about pandas going extinct, when we have the homeless in our country to worry about?"

• Slippery Slope

• Loaded Question

• Red Herring

• Hasty Generalization

Doctors refer to medical books all the time when they are treating patients. In the same way, I should be allowed to use a text book in my medical exam.

• False equivocation - false comparison

• Straw man

• Red herring

• Begging the question

Everyone I know thinks that sea turtles are low down dirty ne'er-do-wells and so it must be true - all turtles deserve to die.

• Bandwagon

• False dichotomy

• Post hoc

• Straw man

Look, you are going to have to make a choice, either we let all the polar bears die of starvation and the jelly fish die painful deaths or we end fossil fuel production immediately and live like old-timey cowboys.

• False Dichotomy /either or fallacy

• Slipper Slope

• Weak Analogy

• Post Hoc

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Cherry-picking the evidence

• Ad Hominem/Personal attack