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Logical Fallacies

Fallacies of relevance

  • Ad Hominem
  • Ad Hominem Circumstantial
  • Tu Quo / You're another one
  • Ad Populum / Appeal to the Masses
  • Ad Vericundiam / Appeal to Authority / Pleading to Authoirty
  • Argumentum Ad Baculum / Appeal to Force / Appeal to Coercion
  • Argumentum Ad Misericordiam / Appeal to Pity
  • Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam / Appeal to Ignorance

Fallacies of presumption

  • Accident
  • Hasty Generalization
  • Biases statistics
  • Bifurcation (Also "False Dichotomy" or "Excluded Middle")
  • Complex question
  • Red Herring
  • Slippery Slope
  • Straw Man
  • Begging the Question (for the purposes of this test; common English usage is different)