Fallacies
Cards (44)
- It also shows her duty to restore balance to society.
- It also implies being able to cut through obstacles to get to the facts of a case.
- It represents the impartiality and objectivity of the law and that it doesn't let outside factors, such as politics, wealth or fame, influence its decisions.
- These are defects in an argument.
- These are mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
- These are faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument.
- An attempt to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting his or her opponent's feelings of pity or guilt.
- You need to pass me in this course, since I'll lose my scholarship if you don't.
- You should not find the defendant guilty of murder, since it would break his poor mother's heart to see him sent to jail.
- What has not been proven false must be true and vice versa.
- Masha is doing a great job as team captain since nobody complained about her.
- I've never fallen off my bike before, so there's no reason for me to start wearing a helmet when I ride.
- Something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole.
- I have a friend who is a Scorpio and he's ambitious and fiercely loyal. All Scorpios (people born between October 23 and November 21) must be like this.
- I travelled to Bali and met some really unfriendly people. I now think Balinese people are unfriendly and wouldn't go back
- A direct attack on the other person's character, targeting their age, character, gender identity, appearance, etc.
- "who is going to vote for a person looking like this?"
- You are not a teacher why should I listen to you. In fact, you cannot even fix your family.
- This argument uses force, the threat of force, or some other unpleasant backlash to make the audience accept a conclusion.
- "Well, if you don't wanna cooperate, I can always find someone to replace you."
- "If you don't accept our demands, we will form a riot and wreak havoc in this city until you do!"
- The fallacy of attempting to win popular assent to a conclusion by arousing the feeling and enthusiasms of the multitude.
- If someone used opinion polls that showed most people believe women are inherently inferior to men to support a claim that women should not be allowed to pursue careers.
- “The crowds at my Rallies are far bigger than they have ever been before, including the 2016 election. Never an empty seat in these large venues, many thousands of people watching screens outside." - Donald Trump, Oct. 12, 2018
- This fallacy falsely assumes that one event causes another.
- Every time I wash my car, it rains
- "The rooster crows immediately before sunrise; therefore, the rooster causes the sun to rise."
- Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!
- Making an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.
- Some teenagers in our community recently vandalized the park downtown. Teenagers are so irresponsible and destructive.
- My grandma doesn't know how to use a phone, so every elderly person must not understand technology.
- Occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. In other words, you assume without proof the stand/position, or a significant part of the stand, that is in question.
- Destiny is real. Everything that happens to us has already been preordained, written in the stars. It explains the "chance" encounter that led to me meeting and marrying my future husband all those years ago.
- It simply means worthiness; quality of being suitable or having some kind of value.
- Important to the matter at hand.
- It is important because the solution of any problem requires the prior identification of the relevant elements from which a solution can be constructed.