Logical Fallacies Examples 2023

"Although Ms. Jackson has been accused of misusing government funds, she has donated all of her income for the past three years to charity." - STRAWMAN Setting up an artificially easy argument to refute in place of the real issue "Sam Smith divorced his loving wife of ten years. How could he be qualified to be mayor?" - AD HOMINEM An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her actual arguments or qualifications "Teaching kids about sex education is like letting them loose in a candy store." - FAULTY COMPARISON/FALSE ANALOGY Basing an argument on simplistic comparison of two things, ideas, events, or situations " I figured that you couldn't possibly get it right, so I ignored your comment." - AD HOMINEM An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her actual arguments or qualifications "He speaks with a funny German accent. He must be a Nazi." - GENETIC FALLACY Arguing that the origins of a person, object, or institution determine its worth "I am a good worker because Frank says so. How can we trust Frank? Simple: I will vouch for him." - CIRCULAR ARGUMENT A sentence or argument that restates rather than proves "Because I forgot to leave my porch light on, someone robbed my house." - POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC Arguing that because Event B occurred after Event A, Event A caused Event B. "You should vote for Tom Green because he stands for Canadian values." - AD POPULUM (bandwagon) An emotional appeal to positive concepts or negative concepts rather than a direct discussion of the real issue. "We can either stop using cars or destroy the planet." - EITHER/OR An oversimplification that reduces alternatives to only two choices, thereby creating a false dilemma "Professor P. is a hard grader because he gave me a 36 on a biology test." - HASTY GENERALIZATION Conclusion is not justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence "You are so stupid your argument couldn't possibly be true. " - AD HOMINEM An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her actual arguments or qualifications