3795750495 | Red herring | Changing the subject to avoid the topic | 0 | |
3795750496 | Ad hominem | Changing the argument towards the character of the speaker | 1 | |
3795750497 | Bandwagon (ad populem) | "Everyone is doing it so it must be a good thing to do | 2 | |
3795750498 | Appeal to false authority | When someone with no expertise on an issue is cited as an authority | 3 | |
3795750499 | Faulty analogy | Occurs when an analogy compared two things that are not comparable | 4 | |
3795750500 | Staw man | When a speaker chooses a poor example to ridicule and refute an idea | 5 | |
3795750501 | Begging the question | A claim that is based on evidence or support that is in doubt | 6 | |
3795750502 | Circular reasoning | When the reader repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence | 7 | |
3795750503 | False dilemma | Speaker presents two extreme options as the only two choices | 8 | |
3795750504 | Post hoc ergo prompter hoc | It is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier | 9 | |
3795750505 | Hasty generalization | A faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence | 10 |
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