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4861863931Ad HominemPersonal attack0
4861864842Ad Hominem Tu QuoqueConcludes claim is false because 1. inconsistent with something else said or 2. inconsistent with actions1
4861868855Ad MisericordiamHighly exaggerated appeal to pity or sympathy.2
4861871701Ad PopulumOpinion of majority is always valid.3
4861872659Anecdotal FallacyPersonal experience as proof of a claim.4
4861874115Appeal to AuthorityUses authority as evidence when authority isn't really an authority on facts presented.5
4861876183Appeal to IgnoranceLack of proof as proof.6
4861877427Appeal to NatureNatural is better than unnatural.7
4861878972Begging the QuestionPresupposes truth of conclusion.8
4861879902Complex or Loaded QuestionHas a presumption built in, implies guilt.9
4861885940Dicto SimpliciterGeneral rule treated as universally true.10
4861886972EquivocationAmbiguous term in more than one sense.11
4861888733Fallacy of CompositionDetermines something to be true of the whole because it is true of some part of the whole.12
4861890891False DialemmaOversimplification - either-or13
4861892778Genetic FallacyArgument judged based on its origin.14
4861898027Hasty GeneralizationConclusion drawn based on a small sample size.15
4861899484Moral EquivalenceCompares minor misdeeds with major atrocities.16
4861900635Name CallingEmotionally loaded terms to influence an audience.17
4861902825Non SequiturConclusion doesn't follow logically from what preceded it.18
4861905096Post HocOne event cause of another just because it occurred before.19
4861906722Red HerringObservation meant to distract from the argument.20
4861908999Slippery SlopeCourse of action objected to on the grounds that once taken it will lead to additional actions until some undesirable consequence occurs.21
4861911948Stacking the DeckAny evidence supporting opposing arguments ignored.22
4861913073Straw ManOpponent's argument overstated or misrepresented in order to be more easily attacked.23
4861914832Weak/False AnalogyAnalogy too dissimilar to be effective.24
4861915919No True ScotsmanChanging definition of a term to make claim true.25
4915380626ClaimTo say that (something) is true when some people may say it is not true.26
4915388700ConcessionGranting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat.27
4915395848EnthymemeA syllogism in which one of the premises is implicit.28
4915404824FallacyA wrong belief : a false or mistaken idea.29
4915410009PremiseA statement or idea that is accepted as being true and that is used as the basis of an argument.30
4915413365RefutationThe act or process of proving something not to be true.31
4915420329SyllogismFormed by two statements and a conclusion which must be true if the two statements are true.32
4915505602Fallacy of DivisionDetermining something to be true of parts because it's true of the whole.33

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