Logical Fallacies 1

You can’t trust Jane’s argument about climate change because she’s not even a scientist!

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Red Herring

• False Dilemma

If we allow students to redo assignments, next they'll want to redo tests, and soon, they'll expect to redo entire grades!

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Circular Argument

• Bandwagon Fallacy

Mom, I know I didn’t clean my room, but can I tell you about how well I did on my math test today?

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Pity

• Equivocation

All teenagers are lazy because my neighbor’s teenage son sleeps all day.

• Hasty Generalization

• False Dilemma

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Hypocrisy

If we don’t raise taxes, the roads will crumble, and society will collapse.

• False Dilemma

• Causal Fallacy

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon Fallacy

Everyone is buying this brand of shoes, so it must be the best!

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Causal Fallacy

• Circular Argument

• Hasty Generalization

We should accept Dr. Smith’s views on economics because he’s a well-known historian.

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Straw Man

• Equivocation

You’re criticizing me for not recycling, but I saw you throw away a soda can yesterday!

• Appeal to Hypocrisy

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Sunk Cost Fallacy

I know this project is taking longer than expected, but we’ve already put so much time into it that we can’t quit now.

• Causal Fallacy

• Sunk Cost Fallacy

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

No one has proven that aliens don’t exist, so they must be real.

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Circular Argument

• Appeal to Authority

• Hasty Generalization