ASSIGNMENT 2:

JAY JHAVERI- BD21071 SECTION E

The Bandwagon fallacy:

The bandwagon fallacy refers to the fallacy in a campaign where the
advertiser tries to make the audience use their product on the basis of
the fact that majority of people are using it. In the advertisement, oral
B is showing the fact that a million people are using the product, thus
others should also switch.

Hasty generalization fallacy

The advertisement campaign states that “for everything else, there’s
Mastercard” which suggest to us that with a Mastercard anything can
be bought. This is a prime example of hasty generalization wherein the
company claims that anything can be bought with a Mastercard

Slippery Slope fallacy

The advertisement by PETA which urges everyone to go vegan
states that If you wouldn’t eat your cat why would you eat your
turkey. This is a slippery slope fallacy as they try and project that
you do not eat your cat6, then why should you eat a turkey
making assumption on one thing based on other.

AD Hominem fallacy
The Ad hominem fallacy refers to when a person is attacked instead
of the argument. In the example given below, Burger King instead of
advertising their own product, they try to demean and directly attack
the mascot of McDonalds by stating that Never trust a clown. It is an
Example of Ad hominem fallacy

Begging the Question fallacy

The snickers advertisement uses the fallacy begging the question wherein it states that the person
who is hungry would grab a snickers and it would satisfy his hunger. The ad poses the question and
gives it answer assuming it would satisfy the hunger. Thus, it is a begging the question fallacy.