365 Days of Philosophy

365DaysOfPhilosophy 99 — Fallacies Revision and Worksheet


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If you’re a Patreon subscriber (at www.patreon.com/kyliesturgess), there’s more exercises, but here’s a few for revising over the fallacies that have been covered over the previous episodes.

Identify which of the following are examples of these fallacies: 

Begging the question
False dilemma 
Red herring
Anecdotal fallacy 
No true Scotsman fallacy

1) He says that he has parked his car, but I’ve heard from his mother that he’s a terrible driver, therefore it’ll be parked badly.

2) He says that he has parked his car, but no man from Leeds knows how to park his car downtown, so he’s probably not parked it.

3) You’re either going to vote for the Smith party or the Jones party. You can’t vote for the Smith party, as they are corrupt; so you’ll have to vote for the Jones party.

4) Everyone is voting for the Smith party, because they are so popular — after all, everyone is voting for them!

5) Aringarosa is not going to be a good person to vote for this election; the rain is going to be terrible during voting season after all.

If you head to the Patreon page, you’ll find the answers!

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