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Identifying Logical Fallacies: Examples and Types
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1'Exercise is good. Therefore everybody should exercise.'
- ASolipsism
- BDicto Simpliciter
- CHasty Generalization
2"My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you."
- AUnfalsifiable Hypothesis
- BSpecial Pleading
- CHasty Generalization
3"Logic is subjective, because you can't prove it to me."
- ASolipsism
- BIgnoratio Elenchi
- CPost Hoc
4“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
- AAd Misericordium
- BAd Hominem
- CAd Metum
5"Senator Jones says that we should not fund the attack submarine program. I disagree entirely. I can't understand why he wants to leave us defenseless like that."
- AFalse Analogy
- BDicto Simpliciter
- CStraw man
6"People are like dogs. They respond best to clear discipline."
- APost Hoc
- BContradictory Premises
- CFalse Analogy
7"The Bible is the Word of God because God tells us it is... in the Bible."
- ACircular Argument
- BAd Metum
- CAd Misericordium
8"I had been doing pretty poorly this season. Then my girlfriend gave me this neon laces for my spikes and I won my next three races. Those laces must be good luck...if I keep on wearing them I can't help but win!"
- APost Hoc
- BHypothesis Contrary to Fact
- CIgnoratio Elenchi
9"Yes, I do think that all drunk drivers should go to prison, but your honor, he is my son! He is a good boy who just made a mistake!"
- AAd Misericordium
- BSpecial Pleading
- CSlippery Slope
10"I'm positive that my work will meet your requirements. I really need the job since my grandmother is sick"
- ASpecial Pleading
- BAd hominem
- CAd Misericordium
11Ducking the question with an irrelevant answer.
- AUnfalsifiable Hypothesis
- BIgnoratio Elenchi
- CStraw man
12"You can never give anyone a break. If you do, they'll walk all over you."
- ASLippery Slope
- BAd Metum
- CAd Hominem
13"If we don’t bail out the big automakers, the US economy will collapse. Therefore, we need to bail out the automakers."
- AAd Metum
- BDicto Simplicter
- CHasty Generalization
14" If God can do anything, can He make a stone so heavy that He won’t be able to lift it?"
- ACircular Argument
- BAd Metum
- CContradictory Premises
15"John, if you would have taken a shower more often, you would still be dating Tina."
- AHypothesis Contrary to Fact
- BDicto Simpliciter
- CStraw man
16“Gods must exist, since every culture has some sort of belief in a higher being.”
- AIgnoratio Elenchi
- BHypothesis Contrary to Fact
- CAd Populum
17"I have tiny, invisible unicorns living in my anus. Unfortunately, these cannot be detected by any kind of scientific equipment."
- AAd Misericordium
- BFalse Analogy
- CUnfalsifiable Hypothesis
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