logical fallacies

Question 1

appeal to force

Answer 1

position of power making threatening statements to force a conclusion

Question 2

appeal to authority

Answer 2

opinion of someone famous is offered as a guarantee of the truth

Question 3

appeal to emotion

Answer 3

emotionally charged language to arouse strong feelings and force a conclusion

Question 4

appeal to pity

Answer 4

force a conclusion by evoking sympathy

Question 5

appeal to ignorance

Answer 5

argue that something is true bc it hasn’t been proven false

Question 6

Ad hominem (attack on the person)

Answer 6

attacking and insulting a persons character

Question 7

casual connection just because of the time and space is related to the event

Answer 7

false cause (post hoc)

Question 8

basing a conclusion based on an unproven premise

Answer 8

begging the question

Question 9

presupposes the conclusion in the premise

Answer 9

complex question

Question 10

using an ambiguous word in two or more different ways in the same argument

Answer 10

equivocation

Question 11

slippery slope

Answer 11

one event must inevitably follow from another event without an argument

Question 12

its true because most people believe it

Answer 12

bandwagon

Question 13

drawing a conclusion of one group because of the characteristics of some of them

Answer 13

sweeping generalization

Question 14

tries to establish the truth by offering an argument that supports a different conclusion

Answer 14

irrelevant conclusion

Question 15

presumes that a person has a characteristic just because their relationship w people/objects

Answer 15

guilt by association