Directions: Use the dropdown menus to indicate the types of logical fallacies that are present in the following table. the dropdown menu is Ad hominem, bandwagon, slippery slope, either/or, hasty generalization, post hoc egro propter hoc,
Example of Faulty Logic Type of Fallacy
If government officials are arrested for leaking top-secret information, it is only a matter of time before our country starts imprisoning private citizens for speaking their minds on any subject.
My sister says that our society should do more to protect animals, but what does she know? She’s only in fourth grade!
A robber broke in to my house while my family was not at home and stole our new television, two computers, and some jewelry. This happened the day after I bought my daughter that pet hamster she’s been begging for. Obviously, buying the hamster must have somehow caused the robbery!
There’s no way that the California condor is endangered. I saw one last weekend!
A recent poll revealed that nearly half of the general population believes in ghosts. Thus, it stands to reason that you should believe in these mysterious specters, too.
Either we stop using paper or we will be a country barren of trees.
1.If government officials are arrested for leaking top-secret information, it is only a matter of time before our country starts imprisoning private citizens for speaking their minds on any subject.
Answer: This argument assumes that a small first step will trigger a chain of events that will culminate in a relatively significant last step.
Slippery slope fallacy
2. My sister says that our society should do more to protect animals, but what does she know? She’s only in fourth grade!
Answer: The argument that society should do more to protect animals is not being discussed here. Instead, the age of the person making the argument is the focus of attention.
Ad hominem fallacy
3. A robber broke into my house while my family was not at home and stole our new television, two computers, and some jewelry. This happened the day after I bought my daughter that pet hamster she’s been begging for. Obviously, buying the hamster must have somehow caused the robbery.
Answer: This is a good example of a post hoc fallacy in which it is wrongly assumed that if one event follows another, the first event must have caused the second one.
Post hoc egro propter hoc fallacy
4. There’s no way that the California condor is endangered. I saw one last weekend!
Answer: The conclusion has been arrived at on the basis of limited evidence.
Hasty generalization.
5. A recent poll revealed that nearly half of the general population believes in ghosts. Thus, it stands to reason that you should believe in these mysterious specters, too.
Answer: This argument wrongly assumes that one must believe in ghosts because most people do so.
Bandwagon fallacy.
6. Either we stop using paper or we will be a country barren of trees.
Answer: This argument wrongly assumes a situation to be made up of two mutually exclusive possibilities. Other alternatives have not been considered.
Either/or fallacy
Directions: Use the dropdown menus to indicate the types of logical fallacies that are present in...
I launched [ Choose ] Testimony Statistic FactI launched myself down the mountain, trying to escape the avalanche." Authority Nowadays, many companies let their employees work from home. [ Choose ] Testimony Statistic Fact Authority Dr. Jan Winters and Dr. Amos, two leading ornithologists, note that the habitat of the California condor is being adversely affected by tourism. [ Choose ] Testimony Statistic Fact Authority Roughly one-third of American households have at least one firearm. [ Choose...
Identify each of the fallacies below-- If you guys can tell me why or underline dead giveaways, that would be helpful! If you can't, that's fine. Thank you!! Fallacies* to choose from: Hasty generalization, Post hoc, Slippery slope, Weak analogy, Appeal to authority, Ad populum, Ad hominem and tu quoque, Appeal to pity, Appeal to ignorance, Straw man, Red herring, False dichotomy, Begging the question, Equivocation, Composition, Division, Accident, Complex question, Biased statistic fallacy, Ad baculem or appeal to force....