Logical Fallacies

Name the Logical Fallacy: "I started drinking coconut water last week, and now I feel amazing. Coconut water is obviously the reason I’m healthier!"

• Post Hoc

• Ad Populum

• Appeal to Emotion

• False Dilemma

• No Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Name the Logical Fallacy: "Either you give up sugar completely, or you’ll never be healthy."

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• No Fallacy

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

Name the Logical Fallacy: "Most people at this college eat at Salad Shack every day, so it must be the healthiest option."

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Populum

• False Dilemma

• Post Hoc

• No Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Name the Logical Fallacy: "Tom says we should compost our food waste, but why should we listen to him? He eats fast food five times a week."

• Ad Populum

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Emotion

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Name the Logical Fallacy: "If we allow vending machines on campus, soon students will only eat chips and candy, and the entire cafeteria will go out of business!"

• No Fallacy

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Populum

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Emotion

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Name the Logical Fallacy: "Eating organic apples is better because they’re grown with fewer pesticides, according to a USDA report."

• No Fallacy

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc

• Appeal to Emotion

• Ad Populum

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Name the Logical Fallacy: "I had a bad sandwich at one food truck, so I’m never eating at any food trucks again."

• Slippery Slope

• No Fallacy

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Emotion

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Name the Logical Fallacy: "If you don’t buy local honey, you clearly don’t care about supporting small farmers!"

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Appeal to Emotion

• No Fallacy

• False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Name the Logical Fallacy: "My friend Amy is a professional body builder, and she says that I need to avoid seed oils because they’re unhealthy. She’s the strongest person I know, so she must be right!"

• False Analogy

• Faulty Use of Authority

• Circular Reasoning

• Sunk Cost

• No Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Name the Logical Fallacy: "You can’t trust her opinion on vegan diets—she’s friends with that guy who eats nothing but junk food."

• Faulty Use of Authority

• No Fallacy

• Red Herring

• Guilt by Association

• Straw Man