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    The document provides examples of common logical fallacies, including ad hominem, appeal to authority, appeal to ignorance, appeal to pity, appeal to popularity, circular definition, either/or thinking, plain folks, poisoning the well, false analogy, false cause, glittering generality, hasty generalization, oversimplification, red herring, slippery slope, false cause/superstition, either/or reasoning, hasty generalization, false cause, false analogy, appeal to ignorance, circular reasoning, either/or reasoning, against the person, appeal to pity, and red herring. Each example is accompanied by a brief description of the logical fallacy.

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    LOGICAL FALLACIES

    PRACTICE

    Task: Identiy the logical


    iallacy. Justiy.
    Against the Person (Ad Hominem)

    We can’t trust the testimny mf


    a DNA scientst whm mnce
    declared bankruptcy and has
    been divmrced twice, can we?
    Appeal to Authority

    I shmuld use Dmve because


    Elissa dmes.
    Appeal to Ignorance (Ad ignoratam)

    The abmiinable snmwian


    iust exist. Afer all, nm mne
    has shmwn it dmesn’t.
    Appeal to Pity (Ad misericordiam)

    I think iy paper shmuld get a


    passing grade, Prmfessmr
    Harper. I iissed wmrk
    yesterday and stayed up all
    night tm get it fnished mn
    tie.
    Appeal to People (Ad populum) or
    Bandwagon

    Nearly 70 percent mf Aierican


    vmters suppmrt the invasimn mf
    any dictatmrship hmstle tm
    Aierican interests; therefmre,
    ymu shmuld tmm.
    Circular Defniton (Begging the Queston)

    - A ian’s gmta dm what a ian’s


    gmta dm.
    - Pmrnmgraphy is dangermus
    because it haris lives.
    Either/ Or Thinking

    Are we gming tm dm nmthing and


    let criiinals rule mur cites?
    Or are we gming tm give mur
    pmlice imre pmwer sm that
    they can cmntrml drug
    trafckers, dealers and users?
    Plain Folks

    I shmuld use Neutrmgina fmr


    acne. My cmlleague says it
    is great.
    Poisoning the Well

    Nm mne whm cares abmut


    children will hesitate tm
    suppmrt this law.
    Equivocaton

    Ymu claii whales are


    intelligent, but if whales are
    intelligent, they dmn’t need us
    tm prmtect thei. They can
    take care mf theiselves.
    False Analogy

    Television, like drugs, is


    addictve.
    False Cause (post hoc, ergo propter hoc)

    Simking causes lung


    cancer.
    Glitering Generality

    If ymu vmte fmr ie, I will


    give ymu rights, freedmi…I
    will help ymu live in dignity
    and hmnmr…
    Hasty Generalizaton

    I ai never gming tm Rmie


    again. I gmt iugged. They
    are all iuggers.
    Oversimplifcaton
    Getng a gmmd grade in cmipmsitmn
    class iay invmlve a lmt mf ymur tie,
    but there is nmthing difcult abmut
    it. All ymu have tm dm is ieet the
    required wmrd length fmr essays and
    avmid errmrs in graiiar and
    punctuatmn.
    Red Herring
    Yes we iay need tm lmmk at this city’s
    use mf landflls, but the prmblei mf
    illiteracy aimng mur high schmml
    graduates is imre iipmrtant right
    nmw. We shmuld be dming smiething
    abmut teenage illiteracy
    iiiediately.
    Slippery Slope
    If children watch vimlent imvies, they
    will becmie vimlent. They will hurt
    their peers and siblings and they
    iay becmie criiinals. It is a hazard
    tm the whmle cmiiunity and we
    shmuld dm smiething abmut it.
    False Cause/ Superstton

    I brmke a iirrmr and I will


    have bad luck fmr the
    cmiing 9 years!
    Either/ Or Reasoning

    We shmuld either pay mur


    teachers beter salaries mr
    adiit that we dmn’t care
    abmut mur children’s
    educatmn.
    Hasty Generalizaton

    Of cmurse she is rich.


    Lmmk at the diaimnd
    ring she is wearing.
    False Cause

    I lmve visitng Wymiing


    because I enjmy traveling
    in the west.
    Hasty Generalizaton

    He went tm cmllege and


    caie back a pmthead;
    cmllege cmrrupted hii.
    False Analogy
    The death penalty is a warning just
    like a light hmuse thrmwing its beais
    mut tm sea. We hear abmut
    shipwrecks, but we dm nmt hear
    abmut the ships that the lighthmuse
    guides safely mn their way. We dm
    nmt have prmmf mf the nuiber mf
    ships it saves, but we dm nmt tear
    the lighthmuse dmwn.
    Appeal To Ignorance

    Every ateipt tm prmve that


    pemple are iiimrtal has failed.
    Nm evidence can be fmund which
    shmws that pemple’s smuls exist
    afer death; hence, iiimrtality
    iust be false.
    False Authority

    If Bruce Willis drinks


    Seagrai’s Wine Cmmler, it
    iust be gmmd.
    Slippery Slope

    If we ban Huiiers because they


    are bad fmr the envirmnient
    eventually the gmvernient will
    ban all cars, sm we shmuld nmt
    ban Huiiers.
    Hasty Generalizaton

    Even thmugh it's mnly the frst


    day, I can tell this is gming tm
    be a bmring cmurse.
    Circular Reasoning

    Gemrge Bush is a gmmd


    cmiiunicatmr because he
    speaks efectvely.
    Either/ Or Reasoning

    We can either stmp using cars mr


    destrmy the earth.
    Against the Person

    Green Peace's strategies aren't


    efectve because they are all
    dirty, lazy hippies.
    Appeal To Pity

    If ymu were a true Aierican ymu


    wmuld suppmrt the rights mf
    pemple tm chmmse whatever
    vehicle they want.
    Red Herring

    The level mf iercury in seafmmd


    iay be unsafe, but what will
    fshers dm tm suppmrt their
    faiilies?
    Hasty Generalizaton

    Ymu are nmw ready tm smlve


    Lmgical Fallacies exercises.

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