20 COMMON FALLACIES:
1) ARGUMENT AD IGNORANTUM
2) HASTY GENERALIZATION
3) APPEAL TO EMOTION
4) POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC
5) SLIPPERY SLOPE
6) AD HOMINEM
7) BANDWAGON
8) AD HOMINEM TU QUOQUE
9) CIRCULAR REASONING
10) SPECIAL PLEADING
11) EQUIVOCATION
12) BEGGING THE QUESTION
13) FALSE ANALOGY
14) BURDEN OF PROOF
15) MIDDLE GROUND
16) FALSE DILEMMA
17) LOADED QUESTION
18) APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
19) COMPOSITION
20) APPEAL TO TRADITION
For the 5 fallacies assigned to you group…develop a
Microsoft Word Document
1. Define the fallacy (in your words)
2. Give an example of the use of this fallacy which is relevant to your lives.
3. Email your word document to heinmilb@wcsoh.org with
“Fallacy #__-__ ; Group # ____”
in the subject line.
4. Make sure the names of your group members are at the top of the document you send
to me.
5. Use 12 point Times New Roman Font, 1” margins
HELPFUL RESOURCES:
The Nizkor Project: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
The Fallacy Files Online: http://www.fallacyfiles.org/
Your textbook-Chapter 5 pages 129-131