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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