PHILO

A politician says, “Don’t vote for my opponent. He’s a college dropout who still lives with his parents.”

• Hominem

• Misecordian

• Tradition

• Populum

"You should support this charity, or else it proves you have no heart for suffering children."

• Equivocation

• Misecordian

• Composition

• Division

"We’ve always celebrated this festival for a hundred years, so we should continue no matter what."

• Tradition

• Hominem

• Ignorantiam

• Populum

“It’s clearly the right answer because many people online agree with it.”

• Tradition

• Hominem

• Populum

• Equivocation

“I'm right because my opinion is correct.”

• Composition

• Division

• Ignorantiam

• Petitio Principii

“That tribe doesn’t eat pork. That’s weird!”

• Correspondence

• Hindsight

• Cultural

• Confirmation

“I knew this would happen all along, I just didn’t say it earlier.”

• Cultural

• Hindsight

• Confirmation

• Correspondence

“He’s biased because he always favors his own family’s business when making decisions.”

• Conflict of Interest

• Confirmation

• Hindsight

• Cultural

Two job applicants have the same qualifications. One is described as “95% likely to succeed,” the other as “5% likely to fail.” The employer picks the first.

• Framing

• Conflict of Interest

• Hindsight

• Confirmation

A parent favors one tutor’s opinion over another simply because the first one is a close family friend.

• Confirmation

• Conflict of interest

• Cultural

• Hindsight