[ EAPP ] Kinds of Fallacies: Examples

Sweeping generalization

Ex: Two of Marie’s five brothers are achiever. Marie comes from a family of academically gifted family.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc

Ex: Michael cried after talking to the teacher. He was surely reprimanded.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc

Ex: Right when I sneezed, the power went off. I must have caused the outage.

Poisoning the well/ad hominem

The lecture of the professor is faulty. He got a failing mark during his college days.

Poisoning the well/ad hominem

Ex: The face cream can’t be good. Kim Kardashaian is selling it.

Appeal to authority

Ex: A commercial claims that the best way to start the day is eating bacon and egg because athlete Michael Jordan says it is what he eats everyday for breakfast.

Ad populum

Ex: Everyone knows that the Earth is flat, so why persist with your strange claim?

Ad populum

Ex: Everyone in the campus is wearing Air Jordan. I need to buy those sneakers.

False Analogy

Ex: The presidential candidate sees himself running a country. He is good at playing basketball.

False Analogy

Ex: People who cannot go without their coffee every morning are no better than alcoholics.

False dichotomy

Ex: Ten senators did not vote for a proposed government policy. They are not nationalistic.

False dichotomy

Ex: Cecile is neither a Catholic nor Protestant. She is an atheist.