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WorksheetsFallacies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
"Four out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy toothpaste. Therefore, it must be great."
non sequitur
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
"The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him."
appeal to nature
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
A person suggests that one action will lead to a sequence of events that will cause an inevitable and undesirable outcome.
Smokescreen
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
Red Herring
Did you know that Dale is back home, living with his parents again, and won't get a job? Gosh, millennials are such a lazy generation.
Slippery slope fallacy: the false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences.
Hasty generalization: a broad claim based on too few observations.
Appeal to nature: the assumption that natural things are always good.
We can't let Governor McClain impose regulations on gas-guzzling cars! Soon enough, he'll start trying to ban all cars!
Straw man: A misrepresentation of an opponent’s position that makes it easier to argue against.
Circular reasoning: An argument that supports a claim with the claim itself.
False causation: The assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other.
Slippery slope fallacy: The false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences.
"My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.
scare tactic
slippery slope
hasty generalization
ad hominem
My grandmother ate 10 cloves of raw garlic every day. Not surprisingly, she lived to be 102.
straw man
bandwagon
appeal to old age
faulty causality
Global chocolate consumption is highest in Switzerland, yet people there are among the trimmest in the industrialized world. Therefore, it’s reasonable to conclude that chocolate helps keep your weight down.
faulty causality
bandwagon
straw man
hasty generalization
Non sequitur fallacy
A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
A fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence
An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally means "does not follow")
A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt.
Red herring
A fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence
A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented
A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt.
fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt.
Hasty Generalization
Slippery Slope
Begging the question
Red herring
Literally, "after this, therefore because of this." Occurs when one confuses correlation with causation. Example: You cannot blame your friends for a rain delay just because every time they go with you to a ballgame it storms and play is delayed. Likewise, the fact that a pitcher bought new socks before he pitched a winning game does not mean that new socks cause a pitcher to throw faster.
Ad Hominem
post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Ad Baculum
Select the fallacy being used.
bandwagon
either/or
hasty generalization
false analogy
Select the fallacy being used.
bandwagon
either/or
hasty generalization
false analogy
Which fallacy involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself?
A) Straw Man
B) Ad Hominem
C) Red Herring
D) Slippery Slope
