Logical Fallacies

Select the logical fallacy.

• Bandwagon (appeal to popularity)

• False dilemma

• Appeal to authority

• Personal attack (ad hominem)

Identify the logical fallacy in the statement: "If we don't act now, our society will collapse."

• Slippery slope

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to authority

• Straw man argument

Which of the following is an example of a 'straw man' argument?

• Saying the middle option between two extremes must be correct.

• Thinking that just because one thing happened before another, it must have caused it.

• Bringing up something unrelated to avoid talking about the real issue.

• Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack

Select the fallacy being used.

• Bandwagon

• False dilemma

• Appeal to fear

• Appeal to tradition

"My friend tried to talk to ghosts once, and nothing bad happened. So, ghosts must not be real." What is the fallacy used?

• False dilemma

• Appeal to authority

• False Cause

• Bandwagon

Identify the problem with this reasoning:
"If we don’t ban violent video games, soon kids will be committing crimes left and right!"

Explain the flawed reasoning in this statement:
"A celebrity says this skincare product is the best, so it must be good."

To evaluate an argument means...

• Determining if the writer's sources are credible.

• Determining if the argument is supported by strong evidence.

• Determining if the writer explains how the evidence supports the reasons/points given.

• All of the above.

Imagine you're in a world where one small decision leads to exaggerated consequences. Which of these scenarios best fits into that world as an example of a Slippery Slope fallacy?

• "If we let students snack in class, next thing we know, they'll be feasting on five-course meals, leading to an invasion of mice and rats!"

• "Everyone's getting the latest smartphone model; it's gotta be the top choice out there."

• "He was the last one seen near the building, so clearly, he's the thief."

• "No one has disproved this theory yet, so it must be the absolute truth."

Let's dive into a brain teaser! Can you spot the Straw Man fallacy? It's when someone does what exactly?

• Whips up a simpler or twisted version of what the other person is saying, just to knock it down easily. Sounds sneaky, right?

• Thinks that just because a lot of people believe in something, it must be the golden truth. Popular but not always right!

• Assumes that if no one has proved it wrong, then it must be right. But is that always the case?

• Points at someone else's wrongdoings to justify their own. Two wrongs don't make a right, do they?