Logical Fallacies

Question 1

Erroneous Appeal to Authority

Answer 1

Has no authority to say anything

Question 2

Ad Hominem

Answer 2

An attack on a person rather than the argument

Question 3

Shifting the Issue

Answer 3

Changing the subject during an argument instead of dealing with the main point.

Question 4

Either/Or Fallacy

Answer 4

When 2 possibilities are provided

Question 5

Sweeping Generalization

Answer 5

Concluding without providing enough evidence to support or without considering other viewpoints

Question 6

Bandwagon

Answer 6

Siding with the majority

Question 7

Begging the Question

Answer 7

A statement that repeats the same thing twice/arguing in a circle without really proving anything new

Question 8

False Analogy

Answer 8

Comparison between 2 things that aren’t really alike

Question 9

Technical Jargon

Answer 9

Using words that are specifically for a certain field or profession

Question 10

Confusing Cause & Effect

Answer 10

Mixing up which thing is making something happen

Question 11

Appeal to Fear

Answer 11

Getting someone to do something using what they’re scared of

Question 12

Fallacy of Division

Answer 12

Assuming that what’s true for the whole is true for its parts as well

Question 13

Hasty Generalization

Answer 13

Jumping to conclusions

Question 14

Straw Man Argument

Answer 14

When someone exaggerates their opponents argument to make it easier to attack

Question 15

Fallacy of the Middle Ground

Answer 15

Thinking that the truth is always half way between two extremes/in the middle