365 Days Of Philosophy

Here’s all the major fallacies covered this year on the 365DaysOfPhilosophy: weasel words, slippery slope, appeal to authority, straw man, argument from ignorance, shifting the goalposts, post hoc ergo propter hoc, appeal to popularity, ad hominem, tu quoque, cum hoc ergo propter hoc, anecdotal fallacy, red herring, no true Scotsman fallacy, begging the question, hasty generalisation, false dilemma, and reductio ad absurdum. See if you can identify some of them in the examples below: Sure, you may be concerned about a rise in sea levels which you think is a sign of global warming, but where’s your donation to the children’s fundraiser?  You first claim there’s evidence of global warming, and then you’ll start claiming there’s evidence of more environmental destruction and then everyone will panic and start making children scared, is that what we want?  Anyone who really cares about the environment wouldn’t be spreading stories about how there’s environmental destruction happening, it’s just not caring about