Fallacies of Logic

Kind of fallacy that consist on generalizing from very few cases

• False generalization

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to force

• Appeal to popularity

Fallacies are arguments that, while incorrect, can be psychologically persuasive

• True

• False

Wich type of fallacy is the next statement

“I didn’t know that running a red light was illegal”

• False Generalization

• Appeal to popularity

• Appeal to force

• Appeal to ignorance

When an argument is taken as true for having been issued by a person that has a recognition on the subject.

• Appeal to ignorance

• Petition of principle

• Appeal to authority

• Attack to the person

What type of fallacy involves attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself?

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

Which fallacy involves presenting two options as the only possibilities, when in fact more options exist?

• False Dilemma

• Circular Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc

What is the fallacy called when someone assumes that because one event followed another, the first event caused the second?

• Post Hoc

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• False Dilemma

Which fallacy involves misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack?

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Emotion

• False Cause

What type of fallacy involves using a distraction to divert attention from the main issue?

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• False Dilemma

Which fallacy involves assuming that something is true simply because it has not been proven false?

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Circular Reasoning

• False Cause

• Slippery Slope