Download Identify The Logical Fallacy Represented By Each Scenario

BONUS : 1 POINT EACH
Identify The Logical Fallacy Best Represented By Each Statement Or Scenario
[1]
“I don’t know why teachers say copying someone’s graded homework to turn in is
dishonest. Everybody does it, and nobody else thinks it’s wrong.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[2]
“In my opinion, the cause of all of the problems that students have with math these days
is because of all of the calculators. When I was in school, we didn’t have calculators. We
had to do the math by hand, and we had to memorize the multiplication tables. Ask a kid
today what nine times eight is, and he won’t have a clue. If we got rid of those things and
went back to the old way of doing things, we’d be better off.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[3]
Appeal to Authority
Ad Hominem Attack
Lies
Straw Man (Fallacy of Extension)
Poisoning the Wells
“I have the research paper due in two weeks. But the beach party is scheduled for the
weekend before it’s due, and I’m not going to miss that. I have to make a choice, so I just
won’t do the paper, and I’ll take the zero.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[5]
Bad Analogy
Argument by Rhetorical Question
Burden of Proof
Ad Hominem Attack
Argument from Age (Wisdom of the Ancients)
“Senator Walker has come out in favor of privatizing Social Security, which will be a strike
against the poorest senior citizens. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised at that. He doesn’t
have to worry about his income when he retires, with or without Social Security. His
grandfather made the family fortune sixty years ago in frozen foods, and the Senator’s
inheritance has put him on Easy Street his whole life.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[4]
False Cause
Failure to State
Appeal to Widespread Belief (Bandwagon Argument)
Argument of the Beard
Appeal to Pity (the Galileo Argument)
Bifurcation (False Dichotomy, Faulty Dilemma)
Burden of Proof
Appeal to Pity (the Galileo Argument)
Argument by Doggedness (Pigheadedness)
Inflation of Conflict
“I sent a check to pay that bill last week. If you didn’t get it, it’s not my fault. You
probably lost it, so you have to give me credit for paying it and turn my phone back on.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Argument from Authority
Straw Man
Argument by Repetition (Argument Ad Nauseam)
Slippery Slope Fallacy
Burden of Proof
BONUS : 1 POINT EACH
[6]
“I don’t have time to get any homework done. I have a job after school. I have to work to
pay for my car. If I don’t have that car, I can’t get to work, and I’ll lose my job. And that’ll
mean I can’t pay for my car, and the bank will take it back. So you can see why I don’t
have time for homework.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[7]
“ Lots of nights I wake up hearing noises. I lie there and listen, and sometimes it sounds
like somebody is whispering my name and other things that I can’t quite make out. I
know my house must be haunted, and the ghosts are talking to me.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[8]
Argument by Half-Truth (Suppressed Evidence)
False Cause
Argument of the Beard
Confusing Correlation and Causation
Straw Man (Fallacy of Extension)
“Why would you believe those guys? I had nothing to do with robbing that bank. I don’t
care what they say. Since when can you trust the word of bank robbers anyway? They are
just a bunch of crooks!
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(f)
[10]
Failure to State
Equivocation
Burden of Proof
Least Plausible Hypothesis
Error of Fact
“Evolution says that we descended from the apes. But I’ve never heard of any gorillas
having human babies, so that just proves that evolution is wrong. Why do they keep
teaching evolution, when this just shows how easy it is to prove it wrong ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[9]
Weasel Wording
Argument by Selective Observation
Begging the Question
Least Plausible Hypothesis
Pious Fraud
Poisoning the Well
Appeal to False Authority
Appeal to Pity (the Galileo Argument)
Begging the Question
Appeal to Widespread Belief (Bandwagon Argument)
“ Steroid testing for high school sports eligibility is unfair. It’s just another invasion of
privacy. They say they are testing for steroids, but they will really look for anything they
can find – drugs, alcohol, nicotine. Next it will be caffeine, then they will start cutting
people because their cholesterol is too high – The Big Mac Attack – then people with
allergies, asthma, and athlete’s foot will get the ax. Only the ‘perfect people’ will be left!”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Burden of Proof
Weasel Wording
Slippery Slope Fallacy
Bifurcation (False Dichotomy, Faulty Dilemma)
Fallacy of the General Rule