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It’s. fallacy. FACE-OFF. the game of quick, critical thinking where logic rules and fallacy flounders. Can You Name this Fallacy?. Joanna Hayes should write a book about the central Intelligence Agency. She has starred in three films that show the inner workings of the agency.

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  1. It’s fallacy FACE-OFF the game of quick, critical thinking where logic rules and fallacy flounders

  2. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Joanna Hayes should write a book about the central Intelligence Agency. She has starred in three films that show the inner workings of the agency. FALSE AUTHORITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  3. Can You Name this Fallacy? • It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue those two whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Why look at all the people trapped in jobs they don’t like. RED HERRING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  4. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Every time my roommate has a math test, she becomes extremely nervous. Clearly she isn’t good at math. IRRELEVANT ARGUMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  5. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Any intelligent person would understand that war is necessary to preserve peace in the middle east. PREDJUDICIAL LANGUAGE BONUS CHANCE 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 15 14 9 10 11 12 13 7 8

  6. BONUS CHANCE What else is illogical here? • Any intelligent person would understand that war is necessary to preserve peace in the middle east.

  7. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest. BEGGING THE QUESTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  8. Can You Name this Fallacy? • The local political coalition to protect the environment would get my support if its leaders did not drive cars that are such gas hogs. ARGUMENT TO THE PERSON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  9. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began. FALSE CAUSE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  10. What’s Illogical Here? VIDEO FALLACY TALKING HEADS

  11. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Reading good literature is the one way to appreciate culture. EITHER-OR FALLACY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  12. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Your grade is your grade because I said so and that’s the end of the discussion. BARE ASSERTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  13. Can You Name this Fallacy? • I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too. HASTY GENERALIZATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  14. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Supreme Court Justice Byron White was an All-American football player while in college, so how can you say that athletes are dumb? HASTY GENERALIZATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  15. What’s Illogical Here? PHOTO FALLACY

  16. Can You Name this Fallacy? • If Cher uses Equal, it must taste better than Sweet ‘n Low. FALSE AUTHORITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  17. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty? BEGGING THE QUESTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  18. What’s Illogical Here? TOON FALLACY

  19. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Since good nutrition is essential to the health of its citizens, the government should punish people who eat junk food. IRRELEVANT ARGUMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  20. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Children who watch Frasier rather than Friends receive higher grades in school. So it must be true that Frasier is more educational than Friends. FALSE CAUSE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  21. Can You Name this Fallacy? • You support capital punishment just because you want an “eye for an eye,” but I have several good reasons to believe that capital punishment is fundamentally wrong… STRAW MAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  22. Can You Name this Fallacy? • The meteorologist predicted the wrong amount of rain for May. Obviously the meteorologist is unreliable. HASTY GENERALIZATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  23. What’s Illogical Here? PHOTO FALLACY

  24. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Trust me. You should eat plenty of soy products; they are good for you. BARE ASSERTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  25. Can You Name this Fallacy? • He’s a columnist for the campus newspaper, so he must be a pretty good writer. IRRELEVANT ARGUMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  26. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Studies show that drinking coffee is actually good for you because it contains antioxidants. ANONYMOUS AUTHORITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  27. What’s Illogical Here? AUDIO FALLACY

  28. Can You Name this Fallacy? • We should encourage a return to arranged marriages in this country since marriages based on romantic love haven’t been very successful. EITHER-OR FALLACY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  29. Can You Name this Fallacy? • You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in. FALSE CAUSE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  30. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Physical education should be required because physical activity is healthful. IRRELEVANT ARGUMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  31. Can You Name this Fallacy? • To those people who constantly say you’ve got to listen to those younger people, they have got to say something, I just don’t buy that at all. They smoke more pot than we do and if the younger generation are the hundred thousand kids that lay around a field up in Woodstock, New York, I am not going to trust the destiny of the country to that group. ARGUMENT TO THE PERSON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  32. Can You Name this Fallacy? • That candidate was poor as a child, so he will certainly be sympathetic to the poor if he is elected. IRRELEVANT ARGUMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  33. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Governor Jones was elected two years ago. Since that time constant examples of corruption and subversion have been unearthed. It is time to get rid of the man responsible for this kind of corrupt government. FALSE CAUSE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  34. Can You Name this Fallacy? • Are we going to vote a pay increase for our teachers, or are we going to allow our schools to deteriorate into substandard custodial institutions? EITHER-OR FALLACY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  35. Can You Name this Fallacy? • You see, the priests were right. After we threw the virgins into the volcano, it quit erupting. FALSE CAUSE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  36. Can You Name this Fallacy? • People who are pro-choice just don’t think that a fetus is a real life; I can easily prove them wrong. STRAW MAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8

  37. GAME OVER

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