Fallacy Study Guide
Fallacy Study Guide (Flash Cards)
Using the Logical Fallacies Media piece (located in “Topic 3 Study Materials” tab) create flash cards to help you study for the fallacy quiz in Topic 4. To do so, fill in a definition and an example on each fallacy card below. After you have submitted this completed document to your instructor for a grade, you can print it out, cut out each fallacy card, and fold them in half to study with.
Reference for Logical Fallacies Media Piece: Grand Canyon University (2012). Logical Fallacies. Retrieved from: https://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/fallacies-website/fallacies-website-v1.1.html
Hasty Generalization
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Appeal to Ignorance
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Either/Or
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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Extravagant Hypothesis
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Composition
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Slippery Slope
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Appeal to Authority
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Circular Reasoning
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Division
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Appeal to Tradition
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Is/Ought
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Bandwagon Appeal
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False Analogy
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