Band Wagon

which of the following is a bandwagon fallacy

• “Your Honor, if my client goes to prison, then he will be unable to care for his elderly parents. Please consider his circumstances before reaching a verdict.”

• “We shouldn’t let 17-year-olds vote! My sister is a teacher and she told me that her teenage students are way too young and immature to make such a decision.”

• The majority of people believe advertisers should spend more money on billboards, so billboards are objectively the best form of advertisement.

• We can either agree with Barbara's plan, or just let the project fail. There is no other option.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the definition of the Bandwagon Fallacy

• The arguer infers that because one event

  follows another, the first event must be the

  cause of the second event.

• based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid: that is, everyone believes it, so you should too.

• Using a celebrity or authority figure’s name

  to support an issue which if not really his

  or her expertise.

• appealing to

  someone’s emotions in order to distract

  them from the truth.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False

Is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

“If parents want intelligent children, they must buy Baby Mozart!”

• True

• False

True of False

Is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

True or False

Is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

“90 percent of computer users choose Macs so Apple must be the best”

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.2.8

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

True or False

is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

"The new bakery is the best one on the block because of its new foods!"

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

True or False

Is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

"Because everyone else goes away to college, it must be the right thing to do.”

• True

• False

True or False

Is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

True or False

Is this a Bandwagon Fallacy?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5