WorksheetsLogical Fallacies
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
Appeal to the Crowd
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
All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs.
Ad Hominem
Hasty Generalization
Non Sequitur
Straw Man
Mike: It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?
Ken: But what is morality exactly?
Mike: It’s a code of conduct shared by cultures.
Ken: But who creates this code?...
ad hominem
red herring
band wagon
faulty analogy
"Good morning! Have you gotten over the grouchy mood you were in?"
Begging the question
Ad hominem
False dilemma
False analogy
Diverts attention from the original issue by shifting to another issue/topic
Hasty generalization
red herring
ad hominem/ personal attack
appeal to logos
What is a fallacy that presents information that does not follow logically from a premise
slippery slope
non sequitur
red herring
either / or
This logical fallacy asserts than an opponent's assertions must be false because the critic simply can't imagine or understand it.
Post Hoc Ad Hoc
Argument from Ignorance
Superstition
Circular Reasoning
When an author uses someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue
Straw Man Fallacy
Bandwagon Appeal
Ad Hominem Fallacy
Appeal to False Authority
McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.
Post Hoc
False Analogy
Red Herring
Appeal to Crowd
Michael Jordan, battery ad.
Bandwagon Appeal
Post Hoc
Red Herring
Appeal to Authority
Billy - "Spanish is easy." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
Tu Quoque
Categorical Claim
Faulty Cause
Stereotyping
