Tuesday, September 27, 2016

logical fallacies

1. Straw Man
ex.  He said she's pretty, so he really said she's beautiful and would leave his wife for her.

2. Slippery Slope
ex.  Once we legalize gun use, we might as well legalize bombs and grenades soon too.

3. Red Herring
ex.  How do we feel about racism and discriminant violent acts? Well have you guys seen the crazy stuff going on in L.A.?

4. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
ex.  "Most rapists read pornography when they were teenagers, obviously, pornography causes violence towards women." (csunlogicalfallacies)

5. Argumentum Ad Nauseam
ex.  Trump is dumb. I think Trump is dumb. Trump is dumb. So Trump must be dumb.

6. Argumentum Ad Misericordiam
ex.  Aww poor children in Africa. Why aren't we doing anything to help them?

7. Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam
ex.  The world is coming to an end because nobody has proven it isn't.

8. Appeal To Nature
ex.  God didn't create us to be in the world like this so it's obviously wrong.

9. Non Sequitir
ex.  "Racism is wrong, we need affirmative action."(csunlogicalfallacies)

10. Argumentum Ad Hominem
ex.  He lied in the last interview, who's to say he won't be lying now?

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