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Logical Fallacies EXIT This statement sets up only two options when in fact there are other strategies for allowing some snowmobiles without ruining the park. It is too extreme to seem reasonable. Either we make snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park illegal, or the park will be ruined. A logical fallacy is a statement that contains faulty reasoning. Don’t give your reader a reason to doubt your information. Persuasive writing especially requires sound logic to support opinions. Next PREVIOUS MENUTRANSCRIPT
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A logical fallacy is a statement that contains faulty reasoning. Don’t give your reader a reason to doubt your information. Persuasive writing especially requires sound logic to support opinions.
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Either we make snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park illegal, or the park will be ruined.
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A logical fallacy is a statement that contains faulty reasoning. Don’t give your reader a reason to doubt your information. Persuasive writing especially requires sound logic to support opinions.
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This statement sets up only two options when in fact there are other strategies for allowing some snowmobiles without ruining the park. It is too extreme to seem reasonable.
Either we make snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park illegal, or the park will be ruined.
A logical fallacy is a statement that contains faulty reasoning. Don’t give your reader a reason to doubt your information. Persuasive writing especially requires sound logic to support opinions.
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Common logical fallacies include the following. Click to choose the fallacy you want to explore.
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•Overgeneralization•Circular reasoning•False analogy•Either/or reasoning•Single cause•False cause
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OvergeneralizationAn overgeneralization is a statement so broad that it can easily be disproved. Look for words like all, everyone, no one, always, never, none, when you revise.
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OvergeneralizationAn overgeneralization is a statement so broad that it can easily be disproved. Look for words like all, everyone, no one, always, never, none, when you revise.
What is the overgeneralization in this sentence?
The weather report is always wrong.
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OvergeneralizationAn overgeneralization is a statement so broad that it can easily be disproved. Look for words like all, everyone, no one, always, never, none, when you revise.
What is the overgeneralization in this sentence?
The weather report is always wrong.
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OvergeneralizationAn overgeneralization is a statement so broad that it can easily be disproved. Look for words like all, everyone, no one, always, never, none, when you revise.
The weather report is always wrong. ORIGINAL
The weather report is often wrong. REVISED
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
Where is the repeated idea in this sentence?
Snow leopards are endangered because they are dying out.
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
What is the repeated idea in this sentence?
Snow leopards are endangered because they are dying out.
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
How would you revise to avoid this circular reasoning?
Snow leopards are endangered because they are dying out.
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
Snow leopards are endangered because they are dying out.
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they aredying out.
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
Snow leopards are endangered because
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning.
Snow leopards are endangered because
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so many have been killed for their fur.
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Circular ReasoningAn attempt to prove a statement by simply repeating it in different words is circular reasoning. This revised sentence gives specific information about why snow leopards are endangered rather than repeating that they are dying out.
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Snow leopards are endangered because so many have been killed for their fur.
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False AnalogyA false analogy is a comparison between two things that are different in some essential way.
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False AnalogyA false analogy is a comparison between two things that are different in some essential way.
What is wrong with this comparison?
Fishing without a license is like driving a car without a license.
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False AnalogyA false analogy is a comparison between two things that are different in some essential way.
This argument compares fishing to driving. The two are not comparable. Fishing without a license is merely illegal; no one will get hurt. Driving without a license implies the driver isn’t trained, which can be dangerous.
Fishing without a license is like driving a car without a license.
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Either/Or ReasoningAn either/or fallacy is a statement suggesting that there are only two possible ways to view a situation or only two options to choose from.
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Either/Or ReasoningAn either/or fallacy is a statement suggesting that there are only two possible ways to view a situation or only two options to choose from.
What other possibilities can you imagine for this example?
Either I get a private coach or I’ll never make the soccer team.
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Either/Or ReasoningAn either/or fallacy is a statement suggesting that there are only two possible ways to view a situation or only two options to choose from. The speaker probably has other options besides getting a private coach.
Either I get a private coach or I’ll never make the soccer team.
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Either/Or ReasoningAn either/or fallacy is a statement suggesting that there are only two possible ways to view a situation or only two options to choose from.
Either I get a private coach or I’ll never make the soccer team.ORIGINAL
If I want to make the soccer team, I need to practice more and maybe get a private coach.
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This revision removes the limited options and presents a more reasonable statement.
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Single CauseIn a single cause fallacy, the writer assumes that an event has just one cause when there are actually multiple causes.
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Single CauseIn a single cause fallacy, the writer assumes that an event has just one cause when there are actually multiple causes.
Can you think of other possible causes for why people are overweight?
Some people are overweight because they eat too much fatty food.
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Single CauseIn a single cause fallacy, the writer assumes that an event has just one cause when there are actually multiple causes.
Some people are overweight because they eat too much fatty food.
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Some people are overweight because they eat too much fatty food, eat too much food in general, and don’t exercise enough.
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False CauseJust because one event occurred after another in time, the first event may not have caused the second event. Don’t let that kind of false cause reasoning show up in your writing.
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False CauseJust because one event occurred after another in time, the first event may not have caused the second event. Don’t let that kind of false cause reasoning show up in your writing.
What might be the true causes for this outcome?
Jason lost the race because he didn’t get those new running shoes.
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False CauseJust because one event occurred after another in time, the first event may not have caused the second event. Don’t let that kind of false cause reasoning show up in your writing. While it’s true new running shoes might have helped, it’s more likely that several other factors caused him to lose the race.
Jason lost the race because he didn’t get those new running shoes.
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False CauseJust because one event occurred after another in time, the first event may not have caused the second event. Don’t let that kind of false cause reasoning show up in your writing.
Jason lost the race because he didn’t get those new running shoes.
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Jason lost the race because he didn’t train hard enough, didn’t eat breakfast, and didn’t get enough sleep the night before the race.
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