hasty generalization
Argument from ignorance
Straw man
appeal to authority
Circular Reasoning
Slippery slope
Red herring
False dilemma
Begging the question
Ad hominem
Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.
occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it.
directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.
sometimes called the over-generalization fallacy. It is basically making a claim based on evidence that it just too small.
sometimes called the “either-or” fallacy, a false dilemma is a logical fallacy that presents only two options or sides when there are many options or sides.
argue that your conclusion must be true, because there is no evidence against it. This fallacy wrongly shifts the burden of proof away from the one making the claim.
diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.
occurs when the end of an argument comes back to the beginning without having proven itself.
an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.
