Logical Fallacies Flashcards
`Hasty Generalization
An inference drawn from insufficient evidence
My new toyota broke, so all toyotas must be poorly made
hasty generalization
Faulty Casualty
incorrect assumption that one event caused another event. (Correlation does not imply causation)
My cat died because my rat died
Faulty Casuality
Either/or
Unfair oversimplification of an issue by providing only two options as a possible solution
If you’re not first, your last
Either/Or
Slippery Slope
Exaggeration of the likely consequences of an action, designed to show that a misstep today could result in a disaster in the future.
If we let kids eat ice cream, then they’ll start eating whole buckets of ice cream, and soon start eating entire ice cream stores!
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
Arguments urging you to follow the same path that everyone else is taking. Commonly used to sway teens and voters.
Come buy this 200$ shirt! Everyone else has it!
Bandwagon
Sentimental Appeal
playing on a readers emotions to distract them from the facts
If you don’t donate 50$ to this charity, all the animals will die soon… :(
Sentimental Appeal
Scare Tactics
Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood
If you don’t buy this bug spray, then millions of bugs will start crawling into your home!
Scare Tactics
Appeal to false Authority
Presenting an unqualified person or institution as a source of credible information
