Logical Fallacies

Equivocation

When an argument hinges on the ambiguous meanings of keywords or phrases.

Appeal to False Authority

Using someone as an "expert "who is not an expert.

Bandwagon Appeal

Evidence boils down to "everybodys doing it, so it must be good.

Hasty Generalization

When there is not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion.

Straw Man

Oversimplifying /misrepresenting an example to ridicule or refute an opponent.

False Dilemma

Presenting two extreme options as if they are the only possibilities.

Slippery Slope

Scare tactic that claims one action will lead to another, more extreme action.

Faulty Analogy

Compares two things that are not logically relevant.

Red Herring

Introducing new and unrelated topics before addressing the argument topic

Ad hominem

attacking the character of the speaker instead of addressing the topic

Straw Man

oversimplifying/misrepresenting an example to ridicule or refute an opponent

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Assuming that because one event or action

follows another, the first causes the second

False Dilemma

Presenting two extreme options as if they are the only possibilities

Slippery Slope

Scare tactic that claims one action will lead to another, more extreme action

Non-Sequitur

Claim where the reason/conclusion doesnt connect logically

Hasty Generalization

When there is not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion

Stack the Deck

An argument that shows only one side of the story and refuses even to admit the existence of an opposing argument

Circular reasoning

if the conclusion of an argument is among its premises; if it assumes (either explicitly or not) what it is trying to prove

Bandwagon Appeal

Evidence boils down to "everybodys doing it, so it must be good"