8 Logical Fallacies

Mark likes the British soccer team. Clearly he is unfit to be a police chief in Ireland.

• Ad Hominem

• Circular Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

Stealing is against the law because it's wrong; I know it's wrong because it is against the law.

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Non Sequitur

My roommate (person I share my house with) wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with our patio furniture. Now she's shopping for new patio furniture and not asking me about the garage.

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

Almost everyone at my school will be at the party Friday night. It must be the right thing to do.

• Bandwagon

• Non Sequitur

• Circular Reasoning

Nowadays, people only vote with their emotions instead of using their critical thinking skills.

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalizaion

• Circular Reasoning

Sally said she prefers to have a dog therefore she hates dogs.

• Slippery Slope

• Strawman

• Ad Hominem

If you miss soccer practice, it means you were probably goofing off. People who goof off drop out of school and end up penniless.

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

All dogs are cute. Pizza is my favorite.

• Non Sequitur

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

A conclusion or idea based on one example.

• Hasty Generalization

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

When something is “trending” or popular everyone wants to do it

• Bandwagon

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning