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logical_fallacies_worksheet.docxLogical Fallacies
Instructions: Please read over the PowerPoint title “Logical Fallacies” on D2L. Then, for each example listed below, identify the kind of logical fallacy at play. Remember, a statement might be true, but it can still be based in logical fallacy.
1. You’re either a feminist or a misogynist.
3. The recent financial crisis happened while Bush was in office, so Republicans are to blame.
4. Jack: It’s important to raise the minimum wage because it’s almost impossible to live off of minimum wage in many parts of the United States. Alice: What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.
5. My parents grew up very poor, but they still managed to pay for college and they found a way to help me pay for my Ivy-league education, so how can you say that poverty is an inescapable cycle?
6. If we let women vote, we’ll have to start letting cats and dogs vote too.
7. If vaping isn’t bad for you, why hasn’t the FDA approved vaping liquids?
8. Why is America the greatest country in the world?
9. Your parents run the Tea Party in your town, so you must be a member of the Tea Party too.
10. The human brain is too complex to deny Intelligent Design behind it’s workings.
11. If black people can say the N-word, I should be able to as well.
12. Jennifer: The Body Positivity Movement is about accepting all body types as beautiful and unique. Janette: Only real women have curves.
13. Dave: Evidence shows that humans evolved from primates. John: So you’re saying I’m a monkey?
14. Yes, I understand James broke the law when he was caught with three ounces of weed on campus, but he’s a football player and we’ll lose the playoffs if you expel him.
15. Kenna: I’m not sure I believe in the concept of a singular God. Kenna’s Mom: Well, wouldn’t it be better to just cover your bases anyway? If I’m wrong and there’s no God, I’ll just rot in the ground. But if you’re wrong and there is a God, you’ll suffer an eternity in Hell.
16. Kenna: I like wine more than my husband. Justin: You must have a drinking problem.
17. The Walking Dead is the most-watched show on television right now, so why would you waste your time watching anything else?
18. How can weed be bad for you? Marijuana is 100% natural.
19. Hundreds of years ago, Nostradamus wrote, “Beasts wild with hunger will cross the rivers, the greater part of the battle will be against Hister. He will cause great men to be dragged in a cage of iron, when the son of Germany obeys no laws.” If Nostradamus could predict the rise of Hitler, his other predictions must be true as well.
