How Not to Ask For a Burrito

Logical FallaciesOriginal list from http://hubpages.com/hub/Logical-Fallacies-Quiz

Claim:

Explain in your own words why it’s not logically convincing

Official Logical Fallacy name

100% of the people I’ve asked say you should buy me a burrito

Appeal to Statistics

Buy me a burrito because everyone else has bought me one.

Bandwagon

Buy me a burrito because my ancestors were persecuted.

In margine immunitas

Buy me a burrito because nobody loves me.

Appeal to pity

Buy me a burrito or I’ll kill you

Appeal to Fear

(probably effective, but not good logic)

Buying me a burrito justifies that bank robbery you pulled.

Robin Hood syndrome

Either you buy me a burrito or it’s obvious the world is filled with nothing but hatred.

False dilemma

I just think you should buy me a burrito.

Subjectivist fallacy

If you don’t buy me a burrito, I’ll be hungry. My blood sugar will drop, making me cranky. Then I won’t feel like helping that stalled car on the side of the road. What if the driver of that car is a surgeon rushing to the hospital to perform a heart transplant? Someone could die!

Slippery Slope

Students who buy me a burrito tend to end up with higher grades.

Correlation is not causation

Jesus commanded me to tell you to buy me a burrito.

Appeal to faith

Many people buy burritos every day; therefore, you should buy me a burrito right now.

Misapplied Generalization

Not buying me a burrito is like kicking a starving orphan child in the stomach.

False analogy

Of course you should buy me a burrito. Can you tell me why you shouldn’t?

Shifting the burden of proof

One might possibly consider the option as having a certain amount of merit, that it is not a thoroughly negative outcome for a burrito or some form of comestible to be bought, perhaps, by one person, sharing identity with - to provide one example – you, for another such organism, represented in such a scenario by someone like me.

Amoeba vocabula/ Proof by verbosity

You won’t buy me a burrito? You’re a jerk.

Ad hominem

You are such a great friend and enlightened, charitable person that you’ll obviously buy me a burrito.

Appeal to flattery

You should buy me a burrito because I should be bought a burrito by you.

Circular logic

THIS is also what “begging the question” means – not “raising” or “asking” one.

Now you know and can avoid misusing that phrase!

You should buy me a burrito because England is in Europe.

Red Herring or Non Sequitor

You: I love Burritos.Me: You should buy me a burrito because you said you’d love to buy me one!

Strawman fallacy

Logic & Logical Fallacies

Any final questions or thoughts?