Logical Fallacies

Assignment #7

Cynthia Molina
The Paths of Knowledge
1 min readOct 2, 2018

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Left Bank Books, Seattle, United States Clay Banks

Fallacy Ad Hominem: Attack to the person

“I believe in Sirens because I saw them in movies”

Popularity Fallacy: Ad Populum

“Womens are more flexible than mens”

False Generalization

“All men are trash”

Fallacy Petition of principle

“Carlos told me he lost $20 and Ana found it in his backpack”

Fallacy Ad Baculum: Appeal to force

“If you don´t give $100,000 I won´t return your son”

Fallacy Appeal to feeling: Ad Misericordiam

“Sister please don´ttell to our parents we fight, they will scold us”

Fallacy By ignorance: Ad Ignorantiam

“I didn´t know that littering in the street is bad”

Fallacy Appeal to Authority: Ad Verecundiam

“My mom told me to pick up my room, so I need to do it”

Slippery Slope

“I need to do my homework, because if i don´t do I won´t go to the party”

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