Fallacy Worksheet #2
If the statement isn't a fallacy write “no fallacy”. Otherwise if the statement is a fallacy, write which one(s). Some statements may contain more than one fallacy.
The list of fallacies I'm drawing from are:
Wishful thinking
Appeal to consequences
Appeal to the masses
Appeal to tradition
Appeal to force
Appeal to authority
Equivocation
Hasty Generalization
False Dichotomy
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
Everyone knows there are no aliens.
Einstein believed in God, so we should too.
The founding fathers believed we should have a theocracy, so that's what we should do.
She must love me, otherwise my life would be over.
I know my comatose son can hear me when I speak to him.
I don't believe in premarital sex. That's why whenever I see an unwed mother I know a miracle has happened.
“[O]nce you cross that Rubicon, then there's no place to stop. Because if a judge can say two men and two women can marry, there is no reason on Earth why some judge some place is not going to say, this is not fair. Three women or three men, or five and two or five and five... So you could have polygamy. You could have incest. You could have marriage between a father and a daughter. You could have two widows, or two sisters or two brothers. Once you start that and put it in terms of rights, where somebody says, why should I not have benefits if they get them? Then it's gone. You've undermined the entire legal foundation for the family.”
We should just have a vote over whether people are truly abducted by aliens or not, and the result should be what is taught in science class.
Every time I hear someone promote Social Security I get sick. Only a communist would support such a program.
No sudden moves or I will shoot you.
The President says that there is no global warming, so the warnings about global warming must be fake.
Religious people think that God lives in the clouds and throws lightning bolts. How could anyone be so stupid?
I swear that guy is probably the biggest knucklehead I've seen in a while.
People have believed that the Earth was flat, for hundreds and thousands of years. Why should we fly in the face of so many smart people in the history of the world?
I have high hopes that we can succeed in our challenges. The question we must ask ourselves is this: Are we part of the solution or part of the problem?
Did you hear about the ACLU's latest case? They are all a bunch of Godless atheists that will stop at nothing in their goal of removing God from every aspect of society.
If you don't believe, if you have any doubt in your heart, then you will be to blame if I cannot heal this boy.
What does it matter if I try to do well? I tried once and I got an F. If I try again, I'll just fail again.
The witness committed perjury on critical issues in this case, and so all his testimony should be held in doubt.
You either have enough money to buy the tickets or you don't. Which is it?
Only a crazy person would believe that idea.
Every time we leave the dog in the house when we go out, he tears up the living room. The next time we go out, we really should leave him out in the back yard.
The last blackout saw a fire leading to the failure of one power line which then lead to a small blackout which in turn lead to a massive blackout across the Eastern seaboard.
The list of fallacies I'm drawing from are:
Wishful thinking
Appeal to consequences
Appeal to the masses
Appeal to tradition
Appeal to force
Appeal to authority
Equivocation
Hasty Generalization
False Dichotomy
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
Everyone knows there are no aliens.
Einstein believed in God, so we should too.
The founding fathers believed we should have a theocracy, so that's what we should do.
She must love me, otherwise my life would be over.
I know my comatose son can hear me when I speak to him.
I don't believe in premarital sex. That's why whenever I see an unwed mother I know a miracle has happened.
“[O]nce you cross that Rubicon, then there's no place to stop. Because if a judge can say two men and two women can marry, there is no reason on Earth why some judge some place is not going to say, this is not fair. Three women or three men, or five and two or five and five... So you could have polygamy. You could have incest. You could have marriage between a father and a daughter. You could have two widows, or two sisters or two brothers. Once you start that and put it in terms of rights, where somebody says, why should I not have benefits if they get them? Then it's gone. You've undermined the entire legal foundation for the family.”
We should just have a vote over whether people are truly abducted by aliens or not, and the result should be what is taught in science class.
Every time I hear someone promote Social Security I get sick. Only a communist would support such a program.
No sudden moves or I will shoot you.
The President says that there is no global warming, so the warnings about global warming must be fake.
Religious people think that God lives in the clouds and throws lightning bolts. How could anyone be so stupid?
I swear that guy is probably the biggest knucklehead I've seen in a while.
People have believed that the Earth was flat, for hundreds and thousands of years. Why should we fly in the face of so many smart people in the history of the world?
I have high hopes that we can succeed in our challenges. The question we must ask ourselves is this: Are we part of the solution or part of the problem?
Did you hear about the ACLU's latest case? They are all a bunch of Godless atheists that will stop at nothing in their goal of removing God from every aspect of society.
If you don't believe, if you have any doubt in your heart, then you will be to blame if I cannot heal this boy.
What does it matter if I try to do well? I tried once and I got an F. If I try again, I'll just fail again.
The witness committed perjury on critical issues in this case, and so all his testimony should be held in doubt.
You either have enough money to buy the tickets or you don't. Which is it?
Only a crazy person would believe that idea.
Every time we leave the dog in the house when we go out, he tears up the living room. The next time we go out, we really should leave him out in the back yard.
The last blackout saw a fire leading to the failure of one power line which then lead to a small blackout which in turn lead to a massive blackout across the Eastern seaboard.
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