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WorksheetsLogic, baby!
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Person 1: Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation.
Person 2: We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians.
Band Wagon
Either/Or
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
People either like coffee or hate it.
Ad Hominem
Either/Or
Red herring
Band Wagon
I am voting Mr. Green for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.
A terrible idea
Straw Man
Bandwagon Appeal
Appeal to False Authority
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually, you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
Non Sequitur
Slippery Slope
Red herring
Faulty analogy
I saw Vinnie the the Thumb in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.
Ad hominem
Hasty Generalization
Either/Or
Appeal to False Authority
An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.
appeal to nature
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
When a source is viewed negatively because of its connection with another person or group.
straw man argument
ad hominem
bandwagon fallacy
guilt by association
An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.
straw man argument
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
The belief or suggestion that something natural is always better than unnatural.
circular reasoning
bandwagon fallacy
red herring
appeal to nature
"I had a bad teacher once; therefore, all teachers must be bad."
straw man argument
ad hominem
bandwagon fallacy
guilt by association
I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.
Appeal to False Authority
Either/ Or
Bandwagon
Slippery Slope
My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.
Slippery Slope
Sentimental Appeal
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
"Good morning! Have you gotten over the grouchy mood you were in?"
Loaded question
Ad hominem
False dilemma
False analogy
What is a logical fallacy?
An argument with a premise and a conclusion
An argument that contains a non-statement
An argument that contains mistake in reasoning
Sorry sir, please slap me
Thinking about thinking critically
Thinking about the way things might work when you are older
______________ _________ is the tendency to seek out information that confirms pre-existing beliefs.
Framing Effect
Confirmation Bias
Selective Attention
Congruence Bias
Even though no one has ever gotten a lead in the school play their Freshman year, Nick knows that he has a special level of talent, and is bound to get the lead role.
Anchoring Bias
Attentional Bias
Self-Serving Bias
Optimism Bias
