Logical Fallacies

Question 1

Hasty Generalization

Answer 1

draws general and premature conclusions from scanty evidence

Question 2

Faulty Causality or Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Answer 2

arguments confuse chronology with causation: one event can occur after another without being cause by it

Question 3

Non Sequitor

Answer 3

a statement that does not logically relate to what comes before it. An important logical step may be missing in such a claim.

Question 4

Equivocation

Answer 4

a half-truth, a statement that is partially correct but that purposefully obscures the entire truth, or a word with multipe meanings that the writer manipulates and changes through the course of an argument

–has intention behind it; trying to obscure the truth–

Question 5

Begging the Question or Circular Reasoning

Answer 5

occurs when a writer simply restates the claim in a different way

Question 6

Faulty Analogy

Answer 6

an innacurate, innapropriate, or misleading comparison between two things

–can sound good for a while, but at some point the analogy breaks down–

Question 7

Stacked Evidence or Slanting

Answer 7

represents only one side of the issue, thus distorting the issue