fallacies Flashcards
scare tactics
using fear to “sell” your solution
president johnson’s ad: “daisy” ad
either-or choices
simplify an argument into a pro or con standpoint
mcdonald’s sign
abortion
slippery slope
a simple step one direction will lead to an accelerating “slope” of consequences
“nose of camel”
directTV cable ads
sentimental appeal
use tender emotions excessively or use them to distract readers from facts
seal
animal cruelty video
bandwagon appeal
their argument has validity only because “everyone” is doing it
tiktok trends
penny challenge
milk crate challenge
false authority
not all efforts to gain attention or confidence are true, celebrities make a claim they have no experience in
taylor swift endorsing harris
dogmatism
the declaration of a claim without supplying any actual evidence (emotional)
“you will never find a better value”
moral equivalence
you’re comparing two things that shouldn’t be compared
drugs = sweets
holocaust and animal/meat industry
ad hominem argument
“to the man”
attacking someone rather than the argument
trump speaking about harris
“you would think that because…”
hasty generalization
holding a grudge, stereotypes
you got del taco and got food poisoning so del taco food is bad
faculty causality
after this, therefore because of this (improperly linking a clause and its effect)
frog example
begging the question
an assumption
the bible is true because god wrote it
equivocation
meaning/intent is unclear
taxes example
non sequitur
does not follow, not fluid, unrelated
mars example
straw man
misrepresents a position in order to make it appear weaker than it actually is
smoking/teacher example
faulty analogy
comparing two things that have little in common
this is your brain on drugs
