falacies

Question 1

Question-Begging Epithet:

Answer 1

Question-Begging Epithet: Calls someone a name that implies a quality or fact that is not proved

Question 2

Special Pleading

Answer 2

: Colors the language according to the arguer’s perspective by citing that one is the exception
making you look like an exception

Question 3

Equivocation

Answer 3

Equivocation: Changes the meaning of a word or phrase in mid-discussion

Question 4

Complex Question

Answer 4

Asks a question that assumes and so corners its respondent

Question 5

Appeal to Emotions

Answer 5

Manipulates agreement by way of emotion instead of cogent reason

Question 6

Begging the Question:

Answer 6

`` The use of the claim as its own justification

Question 7

Non Sequitur

Answer 7

Non Sequitur: Draws a conclusion that doesn’t follow from the premises

Question 8

Appeal to Ignorance

Answer 8

Appeal to Ignorance: Argues that a lack of evidence is itself evidence

Question 9

Appeal to Authority

Answer 9

Appeal to Authority: Submits testimony from an irrelevant or dubious source as evidence

Question 10

Abusive Ad Hominem

Answer 10

Abusive Ad Hominem: Sidetracks the issues by attacking the person

Question 11

Straw Man:

Answer 11

Straw Man: A weakened misrepresentation of an opponent’s view

Question 12

Tu Quoque:

Answer 12

Tu Quoque: Attempts to discredit an argument based on a person’s hypocrisy

Question 13

Guilt by Association

Answer 13

Guilt by Association: Uses bad reputations to discredit

Question 14

Ad populum/Bandwagon

Answer 14

Ad populum/Bandwagon: Convinces by arguing an idea’s popularity

Question 15

Bifurcation:

Answer 15

Reducing possibilities to only two

Question 16

Slippery Slope

Answer 16

Slippery Slope: The prediction of catastrophe based on a series of links started by one particular act

Question 17

False Cause

Answer 17

: Turns a coincidence or a correlation into a cause

Question 18

Hasty Generalization:

Answer 18

Hasty Generalization: Concludes too much from too little

Question 19

Sweeping Generalization:

Answer 19

Misapplies a true principle to a situation that is exceptional

Question 20

Red Herring:

Answer 20

Presents an irrelevancy to distract from the original issue