Logical Fallacies

Kevin's grandparents do not know how to use a computer. Kevin thinks that all older people must be computer illiterate.

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Circular Argument

• Post Hoc

Today late for ten minutes, tomorrow late for an hour, and then someday you will simply cease to show up.

• Ad hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

Every time that rooster crows, the sun comes up. That rooster must be very powerful and important!

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Post hoc

• Straw Man

Everyone loves Rebecca, because she is so popular.

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Either or

Vote for me or live through four more years of higher taxes.

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Either or

Senator: I will vote to increase the defense budget.

Public: Why don't you care about education?

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

This is why a woman shouldn’t do a man's job

• Red Herring

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad hominem

• Straw Man

Mother: It’s bedtime Jane

Jane: Mom, how do ants feed their babies?

Mother: Don’t know dear, close your eyes now.

Jane: But mama, do ant babies cry when they’re hungry?

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

Marcus wants to go to a small community college close to home because all of his friends are there.

• Either or

• Circular Argument

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

You can look cool in our clothes, or you can look like a loser.

• Either or

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Ad hominem