Fallacies

Question 1

Ad Hominem

Answer 1

Attacking the person rather than the argument

Question 2

Attacking the person rather than the argument

Answer 2

Ad Hominem

Question 3

Exaggerating the opponent’s argument

Answer 3

Straw man

Question 4

You can’t prove that it’s not true, so it must be true

Answer 4

Appeal to Ignorance

Question 5

Presenting two extreme options as the only options, when there’s actually a range

Answer 5

False Dilemma/False Dichotomy

Question 6

A certain course of action will necessarily lead to a chain of future events

Answer 6

Slippery Slope

Question 7

A person’s argument repeats what they already assumed before without arriving at a new conclusion

Answer 7

Circular argument

Question 8

Argument based on a few examples rather than proof

Answer 8

Hasty generalization

Question 9

Bringing up irrelevant information to distract from the issue

Answer 9

Red herring

Question 10

Point out the hypocrisy of the opponent

Answer 10

Appeal to Hypocrisy

Question 11

Broad category of logical fallacies that involve incorrectly identifying a cause-and-effect relationship.

Answer 11

Causal Fallacy (e.g. false cause, oversimplified cause, correlation vs. causation errors, PHEPH)

Question 12

Event B came after A, therefore A caused B

Answer 12

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 13

Continuing to do something because of what you’ve already put in, not because of what you’ll get out

Answer 13

Sunk cost

Question 14

Referencing an authority figure even when it’s not relevant or it’s overstated

Answer 14

Appeal to authority

Question 15

Word, phrase, or sentence is used deliberately to confuse, deceive, or mislead “I didn’t talk to her, I just sent her some texts”

Answer 15

Equivocation

Question 16

Provoking your emotions to win an argument

Answer 16

Appeal to pity

Question 17

Assuming something is right because other people believe it

Answer 17

Bandwagon

Question 18

Straw man

Answer 18

Exaggerating the opponent’s argument, making it easy to defeat

Question 19

Equivocation

Answer 19

Word, phrase, or sentence is used deliberately to confuse, deceive, or mislead “I didn’t talk to her, I just sent her some texts”

Question 20

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Answer 20

Event B came after A, therefore A caused B

Question 21

Red herring

Answer 21

Bringing up irrelevant information to distract from the issue

Question 22

Appeal to Ignorance

Answer 22

You can’t prove that it’s not true, so it must be true

Question 23

Fallacy of relative privation

Answer 23

Rejects an argument by stating the existence of a more important problem

Question 24

Rejects an argument by stating the existence of a more important problem

Answer 24

Fallacy of relative privation

Question 25

Broad category of logical fallacies that involve incorrectly identifying a cause-and-effect relationship.

Answer 25

Causal fallacy