Fallacies

Question 1

Ad hominem (circumstantial)

Answer 1

Attacking someone because of their circumstances

Question 2

False analogy

Answer 2

Comparing disimilar things

Question 3

False cause

Answer 3

This caused that

Question 4

Slippery slope

Answer 4

List of things that aren’t backed with evidence

Question 5

Anecdotal evidence

Answer 5

Changing the subject Halfway through

Question 6

Begging the question

Answer 6

Reasons = conclusions

Question 7

Red herring

Answer 7

Distraction

Question 8

False dilemma

Answer 8

Either / or

Question 9

Shifting the burden

Answer 9

You can’t prove that so I must be right

Question 10

Two wrongs make a right

Answer 10

If he did it then I can do if

Question 11

Majority belief

Answer 11

Most people think

Question 12

Common practise

Answer 12

Most people do

Question 13

Education fallacy

Answer 13

Judging someone’s decision due to their education

Question 14

Perfectionist fallacy

Answer 14

If we can’t do it properly then don’t do it

Question 15

Conflation of morality with legality

Answer 15

If you park somewhere your not allowed then your immoral

Question 16

Straw man

Answer 16

Exaggeration

Question 17

Broken window

Answer 17

If we break the window then the fixer man will get paid to fix it , therefore it’s good for the economy

Question 18

Sunken cost

Answer 18

I don’t want to do this anymore , but I have paid so much to do it
Therefore I will continue to do it

Question 19

Appeal to hypocrisy

Answer 19

Hypocrite

Question 20

Ad hominem (personal attack)

Answer 20

Judging someone’s appearance of personality when they make a decision about a issue