Logical Fallacies

"This is the best band because they make the best music!" This statement is an example of which logical fallacy?

• Bandwagon

• Ad hominem

• Circular Reasoning

• No fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"

• Stereotyping/

  Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad hominem

• Affinity Fraud

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• circular reasoning

• ad hominem

• false dilemma (either/or reasoning)

• bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

• circular reasoning

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• appeal to authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Look, either you love me and buy me chocolates, or you hate me and we never speak again.

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• false dilemma (either/or reasoning)

• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

My professor, who has a Ph.D. in Astronomy, once told me that ghosts are real. Therefore, ghosts are real.

• slippery slope

• appeal to false authority

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.

• Appeal to false authority

• False dilemma

• Ad hominem

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

• appeal to false authority

• bandwagon

• slippery slope

• either/or

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

• false dilemma

• circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"The two books I read this year were not interesting. All books are just boring and a waste of time.

• Ad hominem

• False dilemma

• Hasty generalization

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1