Flaw Definitions #1 Choosing the right definition

Question 1

Claiming the argument is flawed by pointing out that the one making the argument is not acting consistently with the claims of the argument

Tu Quoque or Appeal to ignorance?

Answer 1

Tu quoque

Question 2

Attacking an argument that was not presented by the opponent

Generalization or Straw Man?

Answer 2

Straw Man

Question 3

An arguer attempts to evoke feelings such as compassion, when such feelings are not logically relevant to the arguer’s conclusion.

Appeal to pity or slippery slope?

Answer 3

Appeal to pity

Question 4

Insisting that a claim is true simply because an expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.

Conflation or appeal to authority

Answer 4

Appeal to authority

Question 5

When only two choices are presented yet more exist, or a spectrum of possible choices exists between two extremes.

Restricting the options or inconsistency?

Answer 5

Restricting the options

Question 6

When it is assumed that because one thing occurred after another, it must have occurred as a result of it

Post hoc fallacy or appeal to tradition?

Answer 6

Post hoc fallacy

Question 7

This fallacy is committed when a term is used in two or more different senses within a single argument.

Ad hominem or equivocation?

Answer 7

Equivocation

Question 8

When an comparison is used to prove or disprove an argument, but it is too dissimilar to be effective

Flawed Analogy or equivocation?

Answer 8

Flawed analogy

Question 9

Attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself, when the attack on the person is completely irrelevant to the argument the person is making.

Ad hominem or flawed analogy?

Answer 9

Ad hominem

Question 10

Using the ways things have been done before as a reason to continue doing them that way.

Post hoc fallacy or appeal to tradition?

Answer 10

Appeal to tradition

Question 11

Two or more propositions are asserted that cannot both possibly be true.

Inconsistency or restricting the options?

Answer 11

Inconsistency

Question 12

Treating two differing things as they were the same.

Tu quoque or conflation?

Answer 12

Conflation

Question 13

When a relatively insignificant first event is suggested to lead to a more significant event, which in turn leads to a more significant event, and so on.

Slippery slope or straw man?

Answer 13

Slippery slope

Question 14

Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

Post hoc fallacy or hasty generalization?

Answer 14

(Hasty) generalization

Question 15

Claiming something must be true just because there is no proof it is false.

Appeal to ignorance or straw man?

Answer 15

Appeal to ignorance

Question 16

This is when a conclusion or statement does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

Non-sequitur or equivocation?

Answer 16

Non-sequitur.

Question 17

There is a problem with the examples - they are irrelevant, weak or not supported by reasoning.

Limited / weak examples or inconsistency?

Answer 17

Limited or weak examples.

Question 18

The person arguing begins with the what they are trying to end with. That is, the reason and the conclusion are basically the same. These arguments assume what they are trying to prove.

Appeal to tradition or circular argument?

Answer 18

Circular argument.

Question 19

Here, the conclusion or judgement is exaggerated. This could be throught the use of an unsuitable qualifer.

Overdrawn conclusion or slippery slope?

Answer 19

Overdrawn conclusion.