Code & Subject: 0190 – GE 2

Activity 1. Study the following statements. Determine and discuss what kind of
deceptive appeal is used.

Statement Kinds of Deceptive Appeal

1. He became rich because he opened Fallacy of reduction because it identifies

his business on the date of his lucky one reason for a problem but does not
number. consider other possible causes which is
his lucky number doesn’t the only reason
why his business succeeds.
2. I’m going to plant this tree. All my Non sequitur because his/her conclusion
neighbors will also plant trees if they see does not reasonably follow from the
me doing this. arguments.
3. He is a politician; whatever he says is Sweeping Generalization because
doubtful. he/she puts all the members of a group
into category.
Or
Argumentum ad hominem because his
argument assails the character of a
person instead of the beliefs he stands
for.

4. I use open up toothpaste; after all, it Argumentum ad populum It makes use

has been endorsed by Aga Montano. of an appeal to popular prejudices rather
than an appeal to reason. Which he/she
used toothpaste because Aga Montano
endorsed it.
5. Sun bathing is good for the health. It False cause because his/her reasoning
can really burnout all the fats in my body. rises from an error in the cause and effect
relationship.
6. An aeta wears a G-string; therefore, all Sweeping Generalization because
Filipinos wear G-string. he/she puts all the members of a group
into category. Which the Aeta wears a G-
string and he/she thinks that all Filipino is
Aeta.

7. An examination is just like mountain False analogy because he/she

climbing. You think it’s so impossible; but compared the two things, the examination
when you get to the top you feel so good and mountain climbing which don’t share
about it. a fundamental similarity.
8. Government official said: “If I am Ignoratio Elenchi because the official
accused of having deposited a huge sum deliberates the diversion of attention with
of money and I am investigated, then all the intention of trying to abandon the
government officials should also be original argument which is he accusing by
investigated” corruption.
9. I am your teacher, therefore you have Argumentum ad baculum because the
to follow me whether you like it or not. teacher uses force to instead of reason to
win an argument.
10. The Philippines will really progress Sweeping Generalization because
because we have nowhere to go but up. he/she puts all the members of a group
After all, we are already at the bottom. into category.
11. If it is Man’s chicken, it must be good! Non sequitur because his/her conclusion
does not reasonably follow from the
arguments.

12. Police officer: “since I am accused of Argumentum ad baculum because It

executing the suspects I have arrested, literally means argument using authority
then I better execute the criminals I or force to instead of reason to win an
arrest” argument.

13. He met an accident because it is Post ergo Propter hoc because his/her
Friday the 13th. conclusion is drawn from a cause and
effect relationship that is purely
coincidental.
14. Either you are millionaire, or you Either or Fallacy because the speaker
belong to a very rich family. sees a complicated issue from the point
of view of only two choices but forgetting
other possibilities.
15. He finished his doctoral degree. He Non sequitur because his/her conclusion
must be perfect in almost anything. does not reasonably follow from the
arguments.

16. How’s your second girlfriend? The complex question because he

asked a leading question which
essentially is composed of two issues
which is assuming something that hasn’t
been proven and often isn’t even true.
17. Desperate observer: “corruption in the Over- simplification because his/her
government can be solved if all our contributing factor is assumed to be the
government officials resign and allow a cause, or when a complex array of causal
change in the administration”. factors is reduced to a single cause.

18. You should not believe that man; he Argumentum ad hominem because his
belongs to a family of dubious character. argument assails the character of a
person instead of the beliefs he stands
 for.
19. You should pity that farmer. Look at Argumentum ad miserecordiam
how hard he works. because this technique appeals to pity. It
ignores the point at issue, but instead
appeals to our emotion to have pity on
the unfortunate.
20. I told you the cause of the volcanic False cause because this false
eruption is that many people are reasoning rises from an error in the cause
becoming sinners. and effect relationship which he/she
conclude that the cause of volcanic
eruption is because of many people
becoming sinners.