Identifying Logical Fallacies Flashcards

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• Identified from the two choices they present as the only ones

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False Dilemma/Dichotomy

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Identified from their insult without providing rebuttal or defense from their
previous statement

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Ad Hominem

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Identified if the question/state arguments that they made to
seemingly correlate but those arguments actually don’t

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Loaded Questions/Statements

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• Identified by illogical denials

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Argument from Incredulity

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Identified by a name or phrase that is mentioned at least twice and is
incorrectly substituted.

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Masked-Man Fallacy

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Identified

if another subject was brought up or they say “What about…?”

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Whataboutism

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Identified if someone jumping at conclusions, especially

if it’s irrelevantly includes the entire thing.

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Strawman Argument

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Identified by pointing out other people’s flaws.

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Tu Quoque

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Identified by many wild assumptions one after another.

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Slippery Slope Fallac

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Identified by suspiciously-used words/phrases/terms

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Equivocation

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Identified by not acknowledging X is Y based on farfetched, sometimes personal
criteria

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No True Scotsman

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Identified by their inconsistency.

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moving The Goalpost

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Identified by them saying or comparing about the whole parts and small parts

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Fallacy of Composition and Division

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Identified by the lack of explanation or proof.

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Circular Argument/Reasoning

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Identified by a dismissal/incorrect assumption towards a premise with
fallacy

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Fallacy Fallacy

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