Logical Fallacies: Examples by Brandon Baker https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf Name one logical fallacy, explain what it means, then give an example. en-us 2017-08-24 13:50:10 UTC 2026-03-17 05:03:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Bree Wallace https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593651 Hasty Generalization- making a conclusion with insufficient evidence. 
Example: Smoking won't harm me because my father has smoked every day since he was 14 till he was 99 so smoking can't be that bad for you.

]]> 2017-08-24 15:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593651 kayla tuerck https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593721 bandwagon appeal-  something should be accepted because so many people "like" it.
ex- people who buy a shirt with a popular rappers name on it but only buy it because everyone else claims to listen to them. They buy then rappers name as a brand.]]> 2017-08-24 15:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593721 Grace Owens https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593723 False Analogy- Saying just becuase two things are similar in one way, their similar in others as well
Example- Two girls have the same shirt, so they must shop at all the same stores.]]> 2017-08-24 15:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593723 Mya Kinder https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593890 "Either or" - To assume there are only two options when there are other possibilities.
EX: "Either learn how to program computers, or you won't be able to get a decent job after college."]]> 2017-08-24 15:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593890 Cirsten Prewitt https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593924 False Analogy - When two things are somewhat alike but are not alike in all ways. 
Example - Apples and oranges are both fruits, therefore they must taste the same.]]> 2017-08-24 15:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593924 Christian Kollmorgen https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593943 Ad Populum, is a person who has a like for something else because that looks like the right thing now. Example: when the warriors won the first finals in 2015 everyone hopped on their bandwagon. including Mr. Baker......]]> 2017-08-24 15:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593943 Taylor Smith 2020jonathanchandler https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593975 false analogy: This is when someone assumes that because something is alike in one area that they are alike in other areas.

Example: taylor and Sarah have the same birthday, they both must have the same favorite holiday.]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593975 Michael Hardiman https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593989 Hasty generalization - using one fact then saying thats true everywhere 
Example- Drug overdoses have doubled in ohio so every one in the us is dying from drugs.]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182593989 Dylan Wendel killingmyself2015 https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594091 attacking person instead of argument]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594091 conner bocklett red herring- ignoring a question. https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594131 example- "whats your favorite colour?"-james
"my favorite food is stuffed peppers and my favorite side is mashed potatoes"-shelly]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594131 Randi Pulliam https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594191 False analogy-  assuming that because two things are alike in one way they are alike in all ways.
Tyler got an a in math so he is clearly very smart.

]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594191 Jacob https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594316 False analogy: This means that you assume that two things are alike in some way, that means everything else is the same in that way.

Example: You find out that your classmates' favorite food is pizza, so this means that Goshen High Schools favorite food is pizza.]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594316 red herring-Ignoring a question. https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594321 What do you think about the Kyrie trade? Cheese is good.]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594321 Cameron Anderson https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594325 generalization. Generalization means that you generalize something as a whole. " 90 percent or Mr. Bakers class likes the color blue so , most Americans like the color blue."]]> 2017-08-24 15:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594325 phiebe cook https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594489 hasty generalization: a fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified

]]> 2017-08-24 15:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594489 Kila https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594536 hasty generalization- no evidence to prove your point
ex. there are more firefighters in goshen than any other township.]]> 2017-08-24 15:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594536 richard https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594592 Ad Hominem:focusing on the person instead of the argument 
Example:He insulted me instead of focusing on the argument]]> 2017-08-24 15:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594592 Sydnee https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594697 False Analogy-If we put two humans on the sun,they will both die because of the coldness]]> 2017-08-24 15:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594697 JONATHAN C https://padlet.com/bakerb10/9ocg7vratcdf/wish/182594873 The patent for the tire chain was issued August 23, 1904.

EX-Ignoring a question someone asks, Instead of focusing on an argument, your focus is on attacking someone, saying that something is true because it hasn't been proven false.

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