Logical Fallacies

If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominim

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

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.

• Bandwagon

• False Analogy

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

My cousin Bob works as a mechanic at Oil Changers and he says that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, aren’t going to provide any help in fixing our nation’s energy crisis.

• False Authority

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Dogmatism

There is definitely a link between autism and the vaccines given to toddlers. I know this because a Wikipedia entry mentioned numerous studies that found this to be true.

• False Authority

• Ad Hominim

• Red Herring

• False Analogy

We think this new MallTime game app will be a success because all little girls like shopping.

• Hasty Generalization

• False Authority

• Ad Hominim

• Slippery Slope

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important. Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

• Strawman

• Dogmatism

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

Charlie: Fast food is filled with salt, fat, and added sugars. We need better regulation of the industry. Bob: That may be, but you’re such a hypocrite! I saw you devour a Triple-Baconator, super-sized fries, and 64 ounces of soda yesterday.

• Ad Hominem

• False Authority

• False Analogy

• Dogmatism

My grandmother ate 10 cloves of raw garlic every day. Not surprisingly, she lived to be 102

• False Analogy

• Dogmatism

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

The economy continues to grow as the number of “likes” on my Instagram account continue to increase. Clearly, the two are linked.

• False Analogy

• Dogmatism

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization