Strawman
Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
Example:
After will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying he is surprised that Will hates our country so much and wants to leave it defensel
slippery slope fallacy
a logical fallacy that assumes once an action begins it will lead, undeterred, to an eventual and inevitable conclusion
ad hominem
You attacked your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.
Ad hominem attacks can take the form of overtly attacking somebody, or more subtly casting doubt on their character or personal attributes as a way to dis
bandwagon
You appealed to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.
The flaw in this argument is that the popularity of an idea has absolutely no bearing on its validity.
If it did, then the Earth would have made itsel
False Authority
You said that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.
It's important to note that this fallacy should not be used to dismiss the claims of experts, or scientific consensus. Appeals to authority are not valid arguments, but nor is
begging the question
You presented a circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise.
This logically incoherent argument often arises in situations where people have an assumption that is very ingrained, and therefore taken in their minds as a given. Cir
hasty generalization fallacy
argument in which a speaker draws a conclusion based on too few or inadequate examples
ad populum fallacy
when we attempt to persuade people by arguing our position is reasonable because so many other people are doing it or agree with it
post hoc ergo propter hoc
This fallacy is Latin for "after which therefore because of which," meaning that it is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier. One may loosely summarize this fallacy by saying that correlation does not imply c
false analogy fallacy
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scare tactics (fear mongering)
warn the audience that some disaster will overtake them if they do not do what is suggested
non sequitur fallacy
when you make an unwarranted move from one idea to the next
dogmatism
arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief
either/or fallacy
oversimplifying an issue as offering only two choices
guilt by association fallacy
argument in which a speaker suggests that something is wrong with another speaker's claims by associating those claims with someone the audience finds objectionable; also called the bad company fallacy