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LOVE IS A FALLACY Introduction to Logic
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Dicto Simpliciter Unqualified generalization
Ex: Exercise is good! Everyone should exercise.
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Hasty Generalization Generalization that is reached too Hastily
Ex: I don’t speak French, You don’t speak French, No one speaks French in Texas.
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Post Hoc No connection from cause to effect
Ex: I don’t want to take Margie to the picnic. It always rains when we take her.
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Contradictory Premises
Circular reasoning. Ex: Can God make a stone so heavy he cannot lift?
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Ad Misericordiam Appeal using sympathy
Ex: Job Interview: What are your qualifications? “I have a wife and six kids….”
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False Analogy Compares two unlike things.
Ex: I’m not a cake, I’m a girl.
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Hypothesis Contrary to Fact
Speculative argument that starts with an untrue hypothesis. Ex: Madam Curie
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Poisoning the well Poisoning the well before anyone can drink from it.
Ex: My opponent is a liar!
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