Logical Fallacies

What is a logical fallacy?

• A logical error in an argument that can weaken it

• A type of reasoning in an argument

• When you fall and you use logic

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What type of logical fallacy is this?

• Ad hominem

• Ad populum

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

What type of logical fallacy is this?

• Ad hominem

• Ad populum

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is a hasty generalization?

• When a conclusion is made without enough evidence to support it

• When you rush to complete an argument

• Not this one

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

What is a slippery slope?

• A slope that is difficult to climb

• A chain of events leading to an unlikely or extreme outcome

• A series of statements with little evidence to support them (usually "if this, then that")

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1