"Fallacy" Example Sentences
1. The belief that all men are superior to women is a fallacy.
2. Promising money without any strings attached is a fallacy, there are always strings attached.
3. The notion that our ancestors lived in caves is a fallacy, anthropologists have found evidence of early human settlements.
4. Many advertisers rely on fallacies to sell their products.
5. The slippery slope fallacy suggests that one event will inevitably lead to another, even though the connection is tenuous.
6. The appeal to authority fallacy cites an irrelevant authority to support an argument.
7. The extreme middle ground fallacy occurs when the middle position is asserted to be the correct one without justification.
8. The common fallacy that left-handedness is a sign of evil was widely believed in the past.
9. Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a logical fallacy where one assumes correlation indicates causation.
10. I pointed out the faulty reasoning fallacy in his argument against animal testing.
11. He fell for the cherry-picking fallacy by only presenting positive data that supported his viewpoint.
12. The ad hominem fallacy attacks the person rather than addressing their argument.
13. The appeal to emotion fallacy seeks to manipulate emotions rather than engage in logical debate.
14. The anecdotal fallacy uses isolated personal stories rather than comprehensive data to support an argument.
15. His argument contained numerous logical fallacies and was easy to refute.
16. I explained that his premise is built on the fallacy of hasty generalization.
17. The straw man fallacy involves distorting an opponent's argument to make it easier to refute.
18. He criticized the false dilemma fallacy in her either/or argument.
19. I pointed out the fallacy in assuming the current rate of change will continue indefinitely.
20. The availability fallacy assumes that more easily remembered examples are more probable.
21. He explained the fallacy of her "whataboutism" that countered criticism with criticism of the opponent.
22. By focusing narrowly on the short term, he fell prey to the fallacy of presentism.
23. The belief that all men are created equal includes an important principle, but also contains the fallacy that all individuals start from the same place in society.
24. His theory contains a basic logical fallacy that undermines its credibility.
25. The Texas Sharpshooter fallacy ignores variables and focuses selectively on the 'hits.'
26. The argument is built around the naturalistic fallacy of deriving an 'ought' from an 'is.'
27. The bandwagon fallacy makes an argument because many people believe it.
28. Claiming that all Muslims are terrorists involves the fallacy of hasty generalization.
29. Equating correlation and causation is a common logical fallacy.
30. I pointed out the fallacy in assuming that lack of evidence proves a negative claim.
31. Promising a magic solution is an obvious fallacy.
32. We should avoid the fallacy of oversimplification when discussing complex issues.
33. The analysis falls prey to the fallacy of composition by incorrectly extending properties of individuals to groups.
34. His plan is built on the ecological fallacy of incorrectly applying group conclusions to individuals.
35. His argument suffers from the genetic fallacy of assuming a thing is discredited by its origin.
36. The scapegoat fallacy blames a target group for problems they did not cause.
37. The argument commits the fallacy of division by incorrectly extending group properties to individuals.
38. The prediction was dismissed as being based on the fallacy of extrapolation to extremes.
39. I pointed out the fallacy of denying the antecedent in his false logic.
40. His fallacious argument relies on the complex question fallacy of combining multiple premises in a single question.
41. We must avoid the fallacy of overreliance on theory and embrace practical experience.
42. His misconception contained a simple logical fallacy that invalidated his entire theory.
43. The belief in a divine right of kings contains an obvious fallacy.
44. His hypothesis includes the hypothesis contrary to fact fallacy of speculating about impossible conditions.
45. His argument commits the inverse error fallacy of assuming the converse is also true.
46. The circular reasoning fallacy renders the entire argument invalid.
47. His jealousy has led him into the fallacy of emotion-based arguments.
48. Ignoring alternatives is a common logical fallacy.
49. The false attribution fallacy occurs when good outcomes are incorrectly attributed to prior actions.
50. The argument commits the fallacy of accident by incorrectly generalizing from a chance occurrence.
51. We must avoid the fallacy of odds and probability by considering worst case scenarios.
52. The excluded middle fallacy ignores the possibility of intermediate positions.
53. Her viewpoint perpetuates the fallacy of redundant causation in attributing effects to multiple redundant causes.
54. The hypothesis builds upon the circular reasoning fallacy.
55. His argument suffers from the fallacy of composition, incorrectly equating attributes of parts and whole.
56. The argument contains numerous logical fallacies that render it invalid.
57. The theory is built upon shaky logical foundations and contains numerous logical fallacies.
58. Ignoring variables leads to the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.
59. His conclusion involves the fallacy of equivocation by changing the definition of a term in mid-argument.
60. My heated response relied on fallacious emotional appeals rather than sound argument.
Common Phases
1.The "
fallacy of composition" - incorrectly attributing a property of a part to the whole.
2. The "
fallacy of division" - incorrectly attributing a property of the whole to its parts.
3. "Begging the question"
fallacy - assuming the conclusion in your premises.
4. "Post hoc ergo propter hoc"
fallacy - assuming correlation implies causation.
5. "Appeal to authority"
fallacy - citing an irrelevant authority to support an argument.
6. "Ad hominem"
fallacy - attacking the person rather than the argument.
7. "Cherry picking"
fallacy - selectively choosing evidence that supports one's position.
8. "Slippery slope"
fallacy - arguing that one event will inevitably lead to another.
9. "Bandwagon"
fallacy - arguing something is true because many people believe it.
10. "False dilemma"
fallacy - framing the options as two whereas more exist.
11. "Genetic
fallacy" - discounting an argument based on its origin rather than its merit.
12. "Hasty generalization"
fallacy - drawing broad conclusions from small, untypical samples.
13. "Appeal to emotion"
fallacy - using emotion to convince rather than logic.
14. "Straw man"
fallacy - misrepresenting an opposing argument to make it easier to refute.
15. "Non sequitur"
fallacy - an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises.