fallacy

False Dilema

limits options, you’re for or against no in between

From Ignorance (Ad ignorantiam)

claim is true because it hasn’t been proven false

Appeal to pity (Ad misericordiam)

persuade with pity rather than evidence

Bandwagon (Ad populum)

claim is true because it’s widely believed

Attacking the man (as hominem)

directed against a person rather than their argument

Appeal to force (ad baculum)

uses a threat to coerce someone to accept the argument they’re making

Appeal to consequence (Ad consequentiam)

argument is true or false based on desirable or undesirable outcome

Straw Man

exadurating an argument to make it look silly

Equivocation

missinterpretation of a word or phrase with multiple meaning

Post Hoc

events where one thing didn’t lead to another OR multiple events don't match up

Non Sequiter

ideas or truths that don’t align

Begging the question/circular reasoning

not moving the argument forward

appeal to authority

supports claim by citing a higher power

false analogy

argument relies on irrelevant or inaccurate analogy