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Logical Fallacies-Name that fallacy!
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1. What's the problem? All my friends have a curfew of midnight!
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What is the fallacy here?
red herring
hasty generalization
bandwagon fallacy (ad populum)
appeal to false authority
2. A person who is honest will not steal, so my client, an honest person, clearly is not guilty of theft.
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circular reasoning
false dilemma
appeal to false authority
anecdote
3. Her economic plan is impressive, but remember: this is a woman who spent six weeks in the Betty Ford Center getting treatment for alcoholism.
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straw man fallacy
ad hominem
false dilemma
faulty analogy
4. Since Mayor Perry has been in office, our city has had a balanced budget; if he were governor, the state budget would finally be balanced.
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fautly analogy
ad hominem
red herring
false cause (post hoc ergo propter hoc)
5. If we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
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faulty analogy
false dilemma
straw man
appeal to false authority
6. Smoking is dangerous because it is harmful to your health.
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bandwagon appeal
appeal to false authority
circular reasoning
hasty generalization
7. He was last year's MVP, and he drives a Volvo. That must be a great car.
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appeal to false authority
red herring
false dilemma
bandwagon appeal
8. A national study of grades 6-8 showed that test scores went down last year and absenteeism was high; this generation is going to the dogs.
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hasty generalization
red herring
straw man fallacy
ad hominem
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