Identifying Deductive & Inductive Fallacies.
Locate a piece of advertising that demonstrates one (or more) of the deductive or inductive fallacies listed below.
Describe the advertisement example that you located.
Identify the fallacy you observed in the advertisement and describe how this is an example of this type of fallacy.
Explain whether or not you believe the fallacy is effective in persuading customers to purchase or use the product or service being
promoted in the ad.
Informal ductive fallacies
Fallacy of division
Circular reasoning
Either/or fallacy
Reductio ad Absurdum
Informal inductive fallacies
Hasty generalization
Composition
Pot hoc ergo propter hoc
Extravagant hypothesis
False analogy
Slippery slope
Genetic fallacy
Appeal to authority
Appeal to tradition
Is/ought fallacy
Bandwagon
Appeal to ignorance