Logical Fallacies Flashcards

(26 cards)

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Suggesting that a person should agree to something because it is popular.

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Bandwagon (peer pressure)

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Attacking the character of the argued rather than te argument

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As Hominem (mud slinging)

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Using circular reasoning

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Begging the quesion

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Presenting someone with a limited choice, when other choices are possible

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Either/or

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Arguing against a position that no one else is defending

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Straw man

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Making an improper comparison between two things that share a common feature

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Weak analogy

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Arguing that one even caused another web they are unrelated

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Post Hoc (superstition)

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Using a part to make an inaccurate claim about a whole

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Hasty Generalization (stereotype)

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Suggesting that one event will automatically lead to a chain of other events

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Slippery slope (domino affect)

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Something that distracts from the issue being argued about.

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Red Herring (distraction)

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Defending a claim with a biased or untrustworthy source

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False Authority

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Stating conclusion thy does not follow from the premises

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Non sequitur

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Improperly ten if an accusation back on the accuser

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Tu Quoque

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Mary has no credibility on the smoking ban issue because she was once a smoker herself

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Ad hominem

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Over one thousand people have decided to sign up, so you should too

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Bandwagon

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Conservatives believe in hard work and strong values. That’s why most Anericans are conservatives.

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Begging the question

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We either buy this car now, or we spend te rest of the year walking to school.

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Letting Children okay soccer on a busy highway is wrong, and I won’t stand for it.

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Paying taxes I the government is the same as handing your wallet over to a mugger in the park

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Each time my roommate is out of town, it causes my car to break down and I can’t get to wrk.

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Post Hoc Reasoning

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The snowboarder hi cut me off proved that all snowboarders are rude

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Hasty Genralization

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If we allow them to ban assault weapons, soon handguns, rifles, and all other find will be banned too

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Slippery slope

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So because books can now be found on the internet, you’re suggesting we burn our libraries?

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My mother read my paper and she thinks it deserves an A.

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False authority

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Watching 39 Rock each week will make you smarter and more popular
Non Sequitur
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If ou cared about global warming, as you claim, you wouldn't have driven a car to this meeting.
Tu Quoque