Reasoning practice
Find the fallacy in twenty everyday arguments
Read twenty original short arguments and name the fallacy each commits; accuracy is reported by family, with every answer and its fallacy shown afterwards.
What this assessment measures
Each item is a short argument of the kind heard in meetings, comment threads and family dinners, and each commits exactly one named fallacy. You choose the name from four; the result shows how many you caught in each of three families: fallacies of relevance, of presumption, and of structure or cause.
What this test looks at
- relevance · 8 items
- presumption · 6 items
- structure and cause · 6 items
- Time
- 8 minutes
- Items
- 20
- Result
- attainable-range pattern summary
- Source
- Original MyTestAtlas arguments; fallacy names follow standard textbook usage
Twenty original items with textbook fallacy names measure recognition in this sitting, not reasoning ability, debating skill or the quality of your own arguments; some real arguments fit more than one label and this test avoids those.
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