| A | B |
|---|
| ad hominem fallacy | Person 1: You should put your leftovers into the trash can and not leave them on the table. Person 2: Forget it. You should talk: you're such a slob yourself. |
| appeal to emotion | Person 1 says to Person 2: Eat every bite of your food, even if it makes you gag. Think of all the starving people who don't have anything to eat. |
| straw man fallacy | Person 1: we should tax billionaires more in order to help the poor. Person 2: That sounds like communism. Who wants that? |
| red herring fallacy | Person 1: you should do your homework. Person 2: Right now I want to adopt a pet from the humane society. I think it's important to save animals that would otherwise be euthanized. |
| slippery slope fallacy | If I ease up on this rule, you won't take any rule seriously, and then you will violate all rules in the future, resulting in your disobeying laws and being imprisoned for life. |
| hasty generalization | The Chrysler I owned ten years ago was terrible. All Chryslers are bad. |
| post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy | A black cat crossed the road. The next thing I know, I got a phone call that my dog died. The black cat caused it to happen. |
| appeal to inappropriate authority | Michael Jordan told me who to vote for. Of course, I should vote for whomever Jordan says I should vote for. |
| argument from ignorance | There must be life in other solar systems. They haven't proven otherwise. |
| appeal to force | Person 1: Our team won, don't you agree? And Person 1 puts his fist up to the face of Person 2. |
| accident fallacy (sweeping generalization) | I know you have just had a heart attack, but regular exercise is good for you. Go exercise. |
| circular argument/begging the question | It's important to maintain clean working conditions in a restaurant because hygiene is critical for food preparation. |
| loaded question | What were you thinking when you stole that candy bar? |
| false choice/false dichotomy | You have two choices: either become a nurse or a carpenter. |
| fallacy of division | The Bucks won that championship. That means every player on the team is at the top of his game. |
| fallacy of composition | The body is made of atoms, which are invisible. That means the body is invisible, too. |
| fallacy of accent | "The product is very safe." (Exceptions are listed in very small print in footnotes.) |
| fallacy--quoting out of context | Person 1: You said you were there. [Yes, but the person actually said, they were there two weeks before.] |
| fallacy of equivocation | If many people are depressed, that means the country is experiencing a depression. |
| fallacy of manipulative framing | You sbould download the software upgrade. ("Upgrade" implies an improvement) |
