15 Logical Fallacies from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Debates

[charcoalanderson]

Your example for Appeal to Authority (#3) is wrong. It's when you bestow FALSE authority on someone about a subject they don't really have authority or expertise in. Citing actual disease experts regarding the benefits of wearing masks to stop disease only strengthens a valid argument.

[juliawin]

Thank you for collecting those debates. I want to recognize all logical fallacies in speeches or debates in the future. Any tips?

[dannyb]

This was fun to study at school...I need to go back and revise them again

[XDivineSouljax]

Appeal to authority when talking about science and research and data isnt really appeal to authority. Were talking about hard science and facts. Appeal to authority is used to refer to say for instance someone saying something is true just because the President said it

[oteragard]

There's better examples of slippery slope than that. I don't think what Trump was saying was the slippery slope fallacy if any fallacy at all; I think whatever premises were informing his argument were wrong. He was talking about consequences of a policy; slippery slope would have been saying that an even more stringent policy would inevitably come afterward

[taraynsvalberg]

Does anyone know if there is a video like this without the text on it? I want my students to guess the fallacies!

[lucassymons]

This realy helped with my project. Thankyou

[Unknown]

Almost all presidential debates have Ad hominem and logical fallacies in them

[orewatoniisaneitowannaintsu]

Does anybody know the timestamps of these clips from the original debate video? thanks in advance

[ceemonke]

thank you i needed this for my project

[TheRealMake-Make]

They have to use logical fallacies because the alternative is irrefutable math, science, and logical inferences and deductions…all of which Americans generally can’t do very well.

[maureenmechO]

Isn't number one an example of poisoning the well?

[godsoloved]

Slippery slope fallacy is only a fallacy if there aren't solid reasons or evidence to believe that A leads to B leads to C leads to D and ultimately to E. Otherwise, it's a slippery slope argument, not a slippery slope fallacy.

[vacantstairs]

appeal to authority is really only a fallacy if the source is not really an authority. medical advice from medical experts is not a fallacy

[tutorialuniverse]

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[cnnncnncncncncn]

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[jnriq]

I love the fact that this comment section is like a bunch of nerds and a mix of information .. it’s like a giant debate !! Ty to the creator, I got a 98 on my project cuz of this video !! <33

[mlauntube]

A lot of these are sloppy assignments of informal fallacies on rhetorical devices.
For example, on #8 "Many questions", you are missing the enthymeme: each is insisting that the other is indebted to China or is putting the interests of China above the USA. With that in mind, the syllogisms of both men become valid arguments, but not necessarily sound arguments.

[lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre]

Comment section, don't forget the fallacy fallacy. _Just because the point of an argument is presented with a fallacy, doesn't mean that point is a fallacy._

So while trump was presenting points with fallacy, time proves him correct.

[Yoshi.KUPPOO]

my eyes watch.. biden you never have learned...