Logical Fallacies Review

When someone attacks a person's character rather than what they are saying

• Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

When a person uses a sample that is too small or too specific to be representative of a population

• Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

Person #1: You always leave your stuff all over the room, you don't lock the door behind you, and the trash is piling up. You are a slob.

Person #2: Well you never change the front door lightbulb when it goes out, so I'm always stuck having to get the ladder out!

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• straw man
• red herring
• false analogy
• false equivalence
• generalization
• slippery slope
• ad hominem

A person makes a claim about one event will lead to another and so on until an undesirable conclusion

• Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

When one person says things are alike in multiple ways but they are only alike in one way.

• Red Herring

• False Equivalence

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

Occurs when someone changes their opponent's argument and then refutes this "new" version of the argument.

• Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

Occurs when some is wrong that two or more things are equal just because they share some characteristics

• Red Herring

• False Equivalence

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

Occurs when irrelevant information is presented to distract from relevant information

• Red Herring

• False Equivalence

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

Person #1: The cookies are missing from the cookie jar.

Person #2: Sure, Have you noticed the lid of the cookie jar is missing.

Person #1: No, but....

Person #2: We should address people not returning the lid to the cookie jar.

Person #1: ummmmmm

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• Straw Man
• false analogy
• false equivalence
• generalization
• slippery slope
• ad hominem
• Red Herring

Person #1: Because of the thefts in our building, I think we should add more security cameras.

Person #2: So, you're saying you don't trust your neighbors

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• red herring
• false analogy
• false equivalence
• generalization
• slippery slope
• ad hominem
• Straw Man