Find the Fallacy Test your ability to detect shaky reasoning by identifying which fallacy is exhibited in each of
the following statements.
Ad hominem
Ad absurdum
Either–or
Post hoc
Ad verecundiam
Ad populum
A - Some companies claim to be in favor of protecting the environment, but you can’t trust them. Businesses
exist to make a profit, and the cost of saving Earth is just another expense to be cut.
B - Take it from me, imported cars are much better than domestic cars. I used to buy only American, but the
cars made here are all junk.
C - Rap music ought to be boycotted. After all, the number of assaults on police officers went up right after rap
became popular.
D - Carpooling to cut down on the parking problem is a stupid idea. Look around—nobody carpools!
E.- I know that staying in the sun can cause cancer, but if I start worrying about every environmental risk I’ll
have to stay inside a bomb shelter breathing filtered air, never drive a car or ride my bike, and I won’t be able to
eat anything.
F- .The biblical account of creation is just another fairy tale. You can’t seriously consider the arguments of
those Bible-thumping, know-nothing fundamentalists, can you?