Logical Fallacies Review

Concluding that if A happens, then B will happen, and C, D...

• hasty generalization

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• red herring

Define the red herring fallacy

• concluding based on insufficient or biased evidence

• attacking the character of a person rather than arguments

• concluding that if A happens, hen B will happen, then C, D...

• Avoiding key issues, drawing audience's attention away from the main point

Attacking a person's character rather than the argument is called

• red herring

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

• hasty generalization

Which one is the correct definition for Hasty Generalization?

• Avoiding key issues, drawing audience's attention away from the main point

• concluding based on insufficient or biased evidence

• concluding based on insufficient or biased evidence

• concluding that if A happens, hen B will happen, then C, D...

Which fallacy is this an example of:

Since the chess club began meeting after school, locker break-ins have risen. Chess club causes locker break-ins

• post hoc ergo propter hoc

• begging the claim

• either/or

• circular logic

Which fallacy is this an example of:

Painting a false picture that only two options exist

• ad populum (bandwagon)

• begging the claim

• moral equivalence

• either/or

Which of the following is an example of "Begging the Claim"

• Whoever stole my lunch money is as bad as Bernard Madoff

• These unsafe, dangerous practices should be banned

• The president is a good communicator because he speaks effectively

• Lots of people play violent video games, so how bad can they be

Moral Equivalence

• restating the argument rather than supporting it

• drawing unproven causation

• presenting what most people think on the presumption it's the correct view

• compare minor misdeed with major atrocities suggesting both equally immoral

What is another name for the bandwagon appeal?

• ad poppyseeds

• ad popular

• ad populum

• ad populace

The image is an example of what type of logical fallacy?