Logical Fallacies

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What is a Slippery Slope fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect, often negative.

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What is a Hasty Generalization fallacy?

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A logical fallacy in which a conclusion is drawn from an insufficient amount of evidence, often based on a small sample size.

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What is a Sentimental Appeal fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that manipulates emotions to win an argument, rather than using valid reasoning.

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What is a Straw Man fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that occurs when someone misrepresents an argument to make it easier to attack.

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What is an Appeal to False Authority fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that occurs when someone cites an authority who is not actually an expert on the topic at hand.

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What is an Ad Hominem fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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What is a Bandwagon fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that suggests that because something is popular or widely accepted, it must be true.

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What is an Either/Or fallacy?

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A logical fallacy that presents two options as the only possibilities, ignoring other alternatives.

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What is Faulty Causality?

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A logical fallacy that assumes that because two events occur together, one must cause the other.

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Example of Slippery Slope: If we allow students to redo tests, soon they will expect to redo every assignment.

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This illustrates how one small change can lead to extreme consequences.