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| 8688991461 | Hasty Generalization | An inference drawn from insufficient evidence ex: men are slobes. women are emotional | 0 | |
| 8688991462 | red herring | changes the subject abruptly to throw readers or listeners off the trail | 1 | |
| 8688991463 | straw man | attack an argument that isn't really there. The speaker or writer sets this up to create an argument that is easy to knock down, proceeds to do so, and then claims victory over the opponent whose real argument was quite different | 2 | |
| 8688991464 | Non-sequitur | an argument whose claims, reasons or warrants do not connect logically | 3 | |
| 8688991465 | begging the question | claim is made on grounds that can't be accepted as true because the grounds themselves are in question | 4 | |
| 8688991466 | equivocations | half truths or arguments that give lies an honest appearance -- are usually based on tricks of language | 5 | |
| 8688991467 | faulty analogy | comparisons can help to clarify one concept by measuring it against another that is more familiar | 6 |
