Logicall Fallacies 3000

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

This fallacy attempts to create a casual relationship between ideas/events. While there may be evidence to eventually support the belief that the two events are linked, the conclusion that one must be due to the other simply because it happened afterward is false.

Red Herring/Smoke Screen

A distraction or irrelevant detail used to divert attention from the main issue or argument, often leading to confusion or misunderstanding.

Sweeping Generalization

This fallacy proposes a conclusion for all instances of the premise, even though there are most likely to be exceptions.

Hasty Generalization

A special case is used as the basis of a general rule. A general rule is created by examining only a few specific cases which aren’t representative of all possible cases.

Straw Man

You misrepresented someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.

Begging the Question/Circular Argument

In this fallacy, the premise and conclusion are used to support each other in a never ending circle of x because y and y because x.

Euphemisms

When propagandists use glittering generalities and name-calling symbols, they hope to arouse their audience with vivid, emotionally suggestive words. At other times, the propagandist seeks to pacify the audience by making an unpleasant reality more palatable. They do this by using bland and inoffensive words (euphemisms).

Ambiguity

You used a double meaning or ambiguity of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.