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Understanding Faulty Logic Types

This document discusses faulty logic, also known as fallacious reasoning. It provides 3 examples of faulty logic: 1) Assuming a connection between washing a car and rain without evidence, 2) A statement from a governor that contradicts itself by cutting school funding to improve education, 3) Accepting a claim as true just because an authority figure said it without other evidence. The types of faulty logic discussed are ad hominem (attacking the person rather than the argument), appeal to authority (accepting a claim as true due to an authority), and hasty generalization (drawing a conclusion from insufficient evidence and generalizing). Activities are provided to identify examples of these types of faulty logic.

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Understanding Faulty Logic Types

This document discusses faulty logic, also known as fallacious reasoning. It provides 3 examples of faulty logic: 1) Assuming a connection between washing a car and rain without evidence, 2) A statement from a governor that contradicts itself by cutting school funding to improve education, 3) Accepting a claim as true just because an authority figure said it without other evidence. The types of faulty logic discussed are ad hominem (attacking the person rather than the argument), appeal to authority (accepting a claim as true due to an authority), and hasty generalization (drawing a conclusion from insufficient evidence and generalizing). Activities are provided to identify examples of these types of faulty logic.

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F A U L Y

L O G I C
FAULTY LOGIC
Faulty logic, also known as fallacious reasoning or
flawed reasoning, refers to the errors in reasoning or
errors in the way an argument is constructed that lead
to invalid or unreliable conclusions. These errors can
occur due to various reasons such as incorrect
assumptions, improper inference, or misleading
evidence.
example:
• Every time I wash my car, it always rains.

This is an example of Faulty Logic, because there


are no connections between washing your car and
raining.
example:
• The governor said that “My top priority will be
improving education that is why I have to cut
the available public school funds.”

This is an example of faulty logic because the


statements contradicts each other
types of Faulty
• Ad Hominem:
Logic
• Appeal to Authorit
y

• Hasty Generalizatio
n
ad hominem
Attacking the person making
the argument rather than
addressing the argument
itself.
example
o i n t i n g t o h e r
P
n g l az y ra th e r
be i
“Don’t add her part on t h e a r g u m e n t ,
than
h i s h e r p ar t i n
the group report because wh i c
th e r e p o r t.
she’s lazy.”
example t o h im
P o in tin g
e i n g a c o l le g e
b
o u t w h i c h i s a
"We can't trust John's opinion d ro p
n a l m a t t er an d
on climate change because he's pers o
n o t th e m a i n
just a high school dropout."
arg u m e n t .
Appeal to Authority
Accepting a claim as true simply
because a respected authority or
expert says it is true, without
considering other evidence.
example T hi s a r g u
e
m
l eb
e
r
n
i
t
t y
re
' s
l i e s

on t h e c
r s em e n t r a t h e r
endo
Thinking that a shampoo brand v i d e n c e o f t h e
than e
was really effective because a e ff e c t i v e n es s
p r o d u c t ' s
famous actress was the
commercial model.
hasty generalization
Drawing a conclusion based
on insufficient or biased
evidence, generalizing.
example T he s t a t e m e n t
r a l i z e d a l l th e
gen e
tu d e n t s i n t h a t
"I met two students from that s
e rs i t i e s j u s t b y
university who were really rude. u n iv
u n te r in g t w o .
All students from that university enc o
must be rude."
FAULTY
LOGIC
o n i n g , o r e r r o r s in t h e
T h e e r ro r s i n r e a s
u m e n t i s c o n s tr u c te d .
w a y a n a r g
s , f a ul t y lo g i c s a r e th e
So m e t im e
o n t r a d i c ts e a c h o th e r.
statement s th a t c
types of Faulty
• Ad Hominem:
Logic
• Appeal to Authorit
y

• Hasty Generalizatio
n
ACTIVITY 4.1
What Faulty Logic Am I?

DIRECTIONS: Identify if the given scenario is an AD


HOMINEM, APPEAL TO AUTHORITY, or HASTRY
GENERALIZATION and explain what is the faulty logic in
the scenario.
Example:
Scenario: “We can't trust anything Tom says about the
project because he's always the teacher's favorite.”
Answer: Ad Hominem. Because the argument is about the
project, but their reason is about Tom being the teacher’s
favorite.
ACTIVITY 4.2
What Faulty Logic Am I?

DIRECTIONS: Identify if the given scenario is an AD


HOMINEM, APPEAL TO AUTHORITY, or HASTRY
GENERALIZATION.
Example:
Scenario: “We can't trust anything Tom says about the
project because he's always the teacher's favorite.”
Answer: Ad Hominem.
NK YO U!
T HA

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