Fallacies

Question 1

Post Hoc

Answer 1

Disconnect of sequential events (faulty claim and evidence)

Question 2

hasty generalization

Answer 2

Stereotypes, claiming things are all one way.

Question 3

Appeal to Tradition

Answer 3

Claiming things are right because they are old

Question 4

False Authority

Answer 4

Listening to someone who claims to have authority for an issue.

Question 5

Stacking the deck

Answer 5

Leaving out one side of the argument

Question 6

straw man

Answer 6

attacking a weak distorted side of someone’s argument.

Question 7

Non-sequitur

Answer 7

Conclusion does not equal evidence

Question 8

Either-or

Answer 8

Ultimatum where there are only two choices when there are more

Question 9

false analogy

Answer 9

comparing things with very little similarities

Question 10

no true scotsman

Answer 10

Exclude counter argument

Question 11

scare tactic

Answer 11

use fear/threats to convince

Question 12

bandwagon

Answer 12

Correct because everyone does it

Question 13

red herring

Answer 13

distracting from argument deliberately

Question 14

Begging the question

Answer 14

Claim in the evidence

Question 15

equivocation

Answer 15

mixing up different meanings of a word

Question 16

texas sharpshooter

Answer 16

seeing similarities, ignoring differences

Question 17

whataboutism

Answer 17

targeting someone else to avoid problem

Question 18

slippery slope

Answer 18

butterfly effect

Question 19

ad hominem

Answer 19

attack person not position

Question 20

fallacy fallacy

Answer 20

Assuming the argument is incorrect because it has a fallacy