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| 9014775772 | Argument from ignorance: | The assumption of a conclusion or fact based primarily on lack of evidence to the contrary. Usually best described by, "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." (X is true because you cannot prove that X is false.) | 0 | |
| 9014783449 | Slippery Slope | Slippery Slope (also known as absurd extrapolation): When a relatively insignificant first event is suggested to lead to a more significant event, which in turn leads to a more significant event, and so on, until some ultimate, significant event is reached, where the connection of each event is not only unwarranted, but with each step it becomes more and more improbable. Many events are usually present in this fallacy, but only two are actually required -- usually connected by "the next thing you know..." (If A, then B, then C, ... then ultimately Z!) | 1 | |
| 9014795022 | Bandwagon | asserts it is right because everyone does it | 2 | |
| 9014795023 | Oversimplification: | To simplify to the point of error, distortion, or misrepresentation. | 3 | |
| 9014820370 | Begging the question: | When you state as fact what needs to be proved | 4 | |
| 9014824101 | Argument from analogy (false analogy) | when one uses an analogy to prove | 5 | |
| 9014827155 | Ad Hominem | attacking the person rather than supporting the argument | 6 | |
| 9014831361 | Hasty Generalization | reaching a conclusion too quickly or based on too little facts | 7 | |
| 9014831362 | False Dilemma (Either/or Fallacy) | when one states there are only two opposite choices, and allow for no other answers or no middle ground | 8 | |
| 9014835428 | Equivocation | occurs when a key term or phrase in an argument is used in an ambiguous way, with one meaning in one portion of the argument and then another meaning in another portion of the argument. | 9 | |
| 9014835429 | Red Herring | when an irrelevant topic introduced in an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from the original issue. | 10 | |
| 9014844403 | You Also | Claiming the argument is flawed by pointing out that the one making the argument is not acting consistently with the claims of the argument. | 11 | |
| 9014850217 | Appeal to Doubtful Authority/False Authority | Using a ource as evidence in your argument when the source does not have ethos or credibility to support/verify the facts relevant to the argument. | 12 | |
| 9014852447 | Misleading Statistics | a term that refers to the incorrect usage of numerical data, either intentionally or due to error, that results in misleading information. | 13 | |
| 9014855377 | Post Hoc | Faulty cause and effect; believing because B happened after A that A caused B | 14 | |
| 9014855378 | Non-sequitar | a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. | 15 |
