What Do You Know about Informal Fallacies?
This question set assesses learners’ understanding of common logical fallacies, including ad hominem, appeal to unqualified authority, slippery slope, hasty generalization, and appeal to fear. Each question evaluates learners’ ability to differentiate between fallacious and non-fallacious reasoning.
Topics
- ad hominem fallacy
- appeal to fear fallacy
- appeal to ignorance fallacy
- appeal to the crowd fallacy
- appeal to unqualified authority fallacy
- conclusions
- credibility
- evidence
- expertise
- fallacies
- fallacious reasoning
- generalization
- hasty generalization fallacy
- high school
- informal fallacies
- predictions
- qualified authority
- reasoning
- reasonable
- reasons
- scientific reasoning
- slippery slope fallacy