Logical Fallacies

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Identify the logical fallacy: "Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today."

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Red herring

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Identify the logical fallacy: "Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began; therefore, water fluoridation affects the brain."

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Post Hoc (False cause)

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Identify the logical fallacy: "If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless."

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Slippery Slope

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Identify this logical fallacy: "Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while."

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False Dichotomy

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Identify this logical fallacy: "I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese."

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Hasty generalization

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Identify this logical fallacy: "A presidential candidate mentioned all the cities where his tax policy decreased crime and failed to mention all the cities where his policy increased crime."

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Cherry-picking the evidence

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Identify this logical fallacy: "After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending."

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Straw man

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Identify this logical fallacy: "Chick fil A is the greatest food chain in existence. Look at the crowds!"

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Bandwagon

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Identify this logical fallacy: "If you allow one student to take an online course, soon everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty."

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Slippery Slope

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Identify this logical fallacy: "Luke didn't want to eat his vegetables, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who don't have anything to eat."

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Appeal to emotion