Knowledge Quiz Logical Fallacies

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* 1. In which fallacy is an opponent's argument misrepresented to make it easier to attack?

False analogy

Slippery slope

Cartesian divergence

Strawman fallacy

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* 2. What does the logical fallacy "Slippery Slope" mean?

Assumption that a proposition is true because it is popular

Dialectical synergy

Assumption that a first step leads to a chain of subsequent steps with extreme consequences

Drawing a conclusion that does not follow from the premise of the argument

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* 3. What does the fallacy of 'Equivocation' mean?

Drawing a conclusion that does not follow from the premise of the argument

Misrepresenting the other person's argument in order to attack it more easily

Semantic oscillation

Changing the meaning of a term in the middle of an argument

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* 4. What fallacy is being made here: "People living in poverty have made bad life choices."

Just world fallacy

Appeal to tradition

Cosmological determinism

Appeal to authority

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* 5. What logical fallacy is made when one says, "All politicians are money-grubbers because the other day another one was caught for fraud"?

False analogy

Strawman fallacy

Asymmetric correlation

Hasty generalization

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* 6. If someone says, "Vaccinations are unnatural, therefore they are bad for you," what fallacy is being made?

Argument from ignorance

Bio-ontological paradox

Circular reasoning

Appeal to nature

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* 7. What is the logical fallacy where one states that something is good or bad based on how many people agree with it?

Entropic egalitarianism

Appeal to popularity

Just world fallacy

Hasty generalization

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* 8. What logical fallacy does the politician make in this example? Interviewer: "How does your party plan to address the climate issue?" Politician: "Of course, my party considers this issue very important. And at the same time, we must ensure that people with a limited income can maintain their purchasing power. Because that is often overlooked!"

Circular reasoning

Phenomenological extrapolation

Red Herring

False dichotomy

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* 9. When someone says, "You have two options: stop complaining or find another job," what reasoning error is made?

Non sequitur

Equivocation

Syllogistic bifurcation

False dilemma

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* 10. What fallacy claims that something is good because it has been done for centuries?

Just world fallacy

Appeal to tradition

Appeal to authority

Axiom of precedence

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* 11. In what logical fallacy is it stated that something must be true because an expert says it is true?

Hermeneutical dissimulation

Ad hominem

Appeal to tradition

Appeal to authority

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* 12. What logical fallacy involves comparing two unrelated things as if they are comparable?

Circular reasoning

Appeal to nature

False analogy

Permeable teleology

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* 13. What is the logical fallacy where you attack the other person's character rather than their arguments?

Quantum querulation

Ad hominem

Red herring

Post-hoc ergo propter hoc

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* 14. What does the fallacy 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc' mean?

Assumption that event B was caused by event A because B comes after A

Quantum continuity

Assumption that something is true or good because it is natural

Assumption that a something is true of good because it has always been done that way