WorksheetsLogical Fallacies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
1. Occurs when an argument which is supposed to prove something concludes something else instead
INCONSISTENCY
AFFIRMING CONSEQUENT
IRRELEVANT CONCLUSION
2. Occurs when an arguments contradict one another
INCONSISTENCY
AFFIRMING CONSEQUENT
IRRELEVANT CONCLUSION
3. Any argument of the form: If A is true then B is true; If A is not true then B is not true.
INCONSISTENCY
AFFIRMING CONSEQUENT
IRRELEVANT CONCLUSION
4. Any argument of the form: If A is true then B is true; if A is not true then B is not true
AFFIRMING CONSEQUENT
DENYING ANTECEDENT
IRRELEVANT CONCLUSION
5. Occurs when the element of pity is used instead of logical reasoning is used to argue
APPEAL TO PITY
APPEAL TO FORCE
APPEAL TO CONSEQUENCES
6. Occurs when an argument is considered to be valid because it is what the majority thinks
BANDWAGON
APPEAL TO FORCE
ATTACKING THE PERSON
7. Occurs when someone tries to refute an argument by attacking the character of a person instead of attacking the ideas of the argument
BANDWAGON
APPEAL TO FORCE
ATTACKING THE PERSON
8. Occurs when two or more points are rolled into one and the reader is expected to accept or reject both at the same time, when one point may be satisfactory while the other is not
SLIPPERY SLOPE
APPEAL TO FORCE
COMPLEX QUESTION
9. Occurs when the direction between cause and effect is reversed
SLIPPERY SLOPE
HASTY GENERALIZATION
WRONG DIRECTION
10. Occurs when a sample is not significant enough to support a generalization about population
SLIPPERY SLOPE
HASTY GENERALIZATION
WRONG DIRECTION
11. Occurs when a series of increasingly superficial and unacceptable consequences is drawn
SLIPPERY SLOPE
HASTY GENERALIZATION
WRONG DIRECTION
12. Occurs when the position of the opposition is twisted so that it is easier to refute
STRAW MAN
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
ANONYMOUS AUTHORITY
13. Occurs when the argument quotes an expert who's not qualified in the particular subject matter
STRAW MAN
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
ANONYMOUS AUTHORITY
14. The authority in question is mentioned or named
STRAW MAN
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
ANONYMOUS AUTHORITY
15. Occurs when something is instantly concluded to be true just because it is proven to be false, and vice versa
FALSE DILEMMA
POST HOC
APPEAL TO IGNORANCE
