LOGICAL FALLACIES LOGICAL FALLACIES ARE FLAWS IN THE

LOGICAL FALLACIES… • LOGICAL FALLACIES ARE FLAWS IN THE STRUCTURE OF AN ARGUMENT THAT MAKE THE CLAIMS INVALID. A FALLACY IS A FALSEHOOD, SO A LOGICAL FALLACY IS A LOGICAL FALSEHOOD THAT MAKES NO SENSE WITHIN A GIVEN SITUATION. • THERE ARE MANY, MANY TYPES OF LOGICAL FALLACIES, BUT THE NEXT SLIDES WILL TEACH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR. • IF YOU ARE CURIOUS AND WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOGICAL FALLACIES, CHECK OUT THIS SUPER COOL, INTERACTIVE WEBSITE HTTPS: //YOURLOGICALFALLACYIS. COM/

FAULTY CAUSE AND EFFECT • THE LATIN TERM FOR THIS FALLACY IS : POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC: “AFTER THIS, THEREFORE BECAUSE OF THIS” • IT CONFUSES A SEQUENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A CAUSAL ONE, AND ASSUMES THAT EVENT “A” CAUSED EVENT “B” BECAUSE “A” OCCURRED FIRST. SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BASEBALL STADIUM, HOMELESSNESS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAS DECREASED.

HASTY GENERALIZATION • THIS FALLACY DRAWS A CONCLUSION ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE, EVENTS, OR THINGS BASED ON INSUFFICIENT EXAMPLES (OFTEN THE LOGICAL FLAWS BEHIND RACIST, SEXIST, OR BIGOTED STATEMENTS) MY EX-ALIEN WOULD NEVER LET ME GO OUT OF THE SPACE DOME ALONE. THEREFORE, ALL ALIENS ARE TOO POSSESSIVE.

AD HOMINEM • ATTACKING A PERSON INSTEAD OF THE ISSUE

REMEMBER, THERE MUST BE A CLEAR AND MEANINGFUL CORRELATION BETWEEN THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT WHEN YOU MAKE AN ARGUMENT… • FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE OF CLEAR CAUSE AND EFFECT, CHECK OUT THIS HILARIOUS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (SNL) SKETCH HTTP: //WWW. HULU. COM/WATCH/4183