Top 20 Logical Fallacies Examples
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Top 20 Logical Fallacies Examples
1. Ad Hominem
Zahra: I dont believe in abortions
Michelle: of course you do youre only saying that because youre Muslim
Zahra: what about the arguments I can give you to support my position?
Michelle: they wouldnt count, like I said youre Muslim
2. Ad ingorantiam
Michelle: my parents said they are pretty sure you were adopted
James: if I were adopted I would know by now because my parents would have told me, but since I wasnt told that I was adopted, means I wasnt adopted.
3. Argument from Authority
Sarah: I was watching a commercial on TV and my favourite actress was wearing this new Chanel perfume Im going to ask to get it for Christmas.
4. Appeal from final Consequences
Girl: I was reading in the paper that some girl was coming home from a party and they found her body in the woods she was raped and tortured, but I never go to parties anyway so that would never happen to me.
5. Argument from Personal Incredulity
Boy: This cant be true I answered the math question the exact same way as you did, the teacher must have marked this wrong.
6. Begging the Question
Girl: I know there is a day of Judgement
Boy: How do you know?
Girl: Because it says so in the Quran
Boy: why should I believe the Quran?
Girl: Because it was written by the followers of prophet Muhammed who is Allahs messenger.
7. Confusing association with causation
Girl: It was reported yesterday that some old lady stepped on a crack and later that day she was involved in a car accident.
8. Confusing currently unexplained with unexplainable
Gym teacher: we cant fully explain why most people in our society today are obese or why some people gain weight easier then others therefore we may never know.
9. False Analogy
Jack: Look Mary youre going to have to decided now, you either can afford to buy this Ipod off me or youll just have to deal with not having to listen to music while long bus rides to school.
10. False