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Logical Fallacy: a error in reasoning
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Statement #o3 Discussion
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0 comments All Discussions | Below is the statement as it appears with the fallacy marked as correct. You can see the totals of most frequent responses to this statement. And after reading the any discussion going on below, you can select your choice(s) for the correct answer. For now, whoever posts each statement can update corrections. |
Bill: "Smoking is very unhealthy and leads to all sorts of problems. So take my advice and never start."
Jill: "Well, I certainly don't want to get cancer."
Bill: "I'm going to get a smoke. Want to join me Dave?"
Jill: "Well, I guess smoking can't be that bad. After all, Bill smokes."
Jill: "Well, I certainly don't want to get cancer."
Bill: "I'm going to get a smoke. Want to join me Dave?"
Jill: "Well, I guess smoking can't be that bad. After all, Bill smokes."
Ad Hominem Tu Quoque
AKA "You Too Fallacy" Category: Fallacies of Relevance (Red Herrings) → Ad hominems (Genetic Fallacies) This fallacy is committed when it is concluded that a person's claim is false because 1) it is inconsistent with something else a person has said or 2) what a person says is inconsistent with her actions. This type of "argument" has the following form:
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1,531 Total Answer Attempts 33%
508 Correctly Popped Fallacies
1,023 Incorrectly Un/Popped
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Example from LaBossiere's Forty Two Fallacies
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Most Common Responses94 - Peer Pressure 82 - Appeal to Popularity 81 - Appeal to Common Practice 54 - Appeal to Authority 45 - Relativist Fallacy 38 - Ignoring a Common Cause 37 - Hasty Generalization 34 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 34 - Special Pleading 32 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 32 - Biased Generalization 30 - Confusing Cause and Effect 30 - Post Hoc 28 - Fallacy of Composition 28 - Misleading Vividness 24 - Appeal to Fear 24 - Red Herring 24 - Appeal to Belief 22 - Genetic Fallacy 20 - False Dilemma 20 - Slippery Slope 20 - Gambler's Fallacy 20 - Burden of Proof 18 - Poisoning the Well 17 - Fallacy of Division 16 - Ad Hominem 15 - Guilt by Association 13 - Appeal to Tradition 13 - Appeal to Spite 12 - Appeal to Flattery 12 - Appeal to Emotion 12 - Middle Ground 11 - Begging the Question 10 - Appeal to Ridicule 7 - Appeal to Pity 7 - Appeal to Novelty 6 - Personal Attack Notice: Undefined offset: 36 in /home/khjqma293la1/domains/dontfallacy.me/html/discuss.php on line 196 1 - |
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