fallacy
DETECTIVE
identify the fallacies in these arguments
START
QUESTION 1/8
You should read Irving Stone's latest novel right away. It's sold over a million copies, and practically everyone in the Manhattan cocktail circuit is talking about it.
begging the question
ad populum
hasty generalization
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 2/8
Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy is not worth the paper it's printed on. Nietzsche was an immoral reprobate who went completely insane from syphilis before he died.
false appeal to authority
equivocation
ad hominem
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 3/8
A few minutes after Governor Harrison finished his speech on television, a devastating earthquake struck southern Alaska. For the safety of the people up there, it is imperative that Governor Harrison make no more speeches.
post hoc ergo propter hoc
false cause
slippery slope
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 4/8
No one has proved conclusively that America's nuclear power plants constitute a danger to people living in the immediate vicinity. Therefore, it is perfectly safe to continue to build nuclear power plants near large metropolitan centers.
ad ignorantium
begging the question
red herring
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 5/8
Environmentalists accuse us of blocking the plan to convert Antarctica into a world park. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Antarctica is a huge contingent teeming with life. it is the home of millions of penguins, seals, sea birds, and sea lions. Also, great schools of finish and whales inhabit its coastal waters.
false cause
bifurcation
red herring
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 6/8
Surely it's morally permissible to kill animals for food. If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.
equivocation
begging the question
false cause
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 7/8
A crust of bread is better than nothing. Nothing is better than true love. Therefore a crust of bread is better than true love.
equivocation
tu quoque
hasty generalization
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 8/8
The Daily News carried an article this morning about three local teenagers who were arrested on charges of drug possession. Teenagers these days are nothing but a bunch of junkies.
ad hominem
hasty generalizaiton
tu quoque
RIGHT!
RESULTS
Case closed!
3-5 correct
1-2 correct
0 correct
8 correct
6-7 correct
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Transcript
fallacy
DETECTIVE
identify the fallacies in these arguments
START
QUESTION 1/8
You should read Irving Stone's latest novel right away. It's sold over a million copies, and practically everyone in the Manhattan cocktail circuit is talking about it.
begging the question
ad populum
hasty generalization
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 2/8
Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy is not worth the paper it's printed on. Nietzsche was an immoral reprobate who went completely insane from syphilis before he died.
false appeal to authority
equivocation
ad hominem
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 3/8
A few minutes after Governor Harrison finished his speech on television, a devastating earthquake struck southern Alaska. For the safety of the people up there, it is imperative that Governor Harrison make no more speeches.
post hoc ergo propter hoc
false cause
slippery slope
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 4/8
No one has proved conclusively that America's nuclear power plants constitute a danger to people living in the immediate vicinity. Therefore, it is perfectly safe to continue to build nuclear power plants near large metropolitan centers.
ad ignorantium
begging the question
red herring
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 5/8
Environmentalists accuse us of blocking the plan to convert Antarctica into a world park. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Antarctica is a huge contingent teeming with life. it is the home of millions of penguins, seals, sea birds, and sea lions. Also, great schools of finish and whales inhabit its coastal waters.
false cause
bifurcation
red herring
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 6/8
Surely it's morally permissible to kill animals for food. If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.
equivocation
begging the question
false cause
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 7/8
A crust of bread is better than nothing. Nothing is better than true love. Therefore a crust of bread is better than true love.
equivocation
tu quoque
hasty generalization
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 8/8
The Daily News carried an article this morning about three local teenagers who were arrested on charges of drug possession. Teenagers these days are nothing but a bunch of junkies.
ad hominem
hasty generalizaiton
tu quoque
RIGHT!
RESULTS
Case closed!
3-5 correct
1-2 correct
0 correct
8 correct
6-7 correct
PLAY AGAIN?