Fallacies

Fallacy

Mistaken belief.

Bandwagon

The belief that since an idea is popular, everyone should just adopt it.

Slippery Slope

When someone believes an event will lead to another worse event and so on.

Non Sequitur

When a conclusion doesn't make sense given the evidence before it.

Hasty Generalization

When a person makes a claim on too little evidence.

Begging the Claim

When a person unjustly assumes a premise is true in order to prove their claim.

Genetic Fallacy

When a person accepts/rejects a claim based on origin instead of content.

Post hoc

When a person believes an event that happened before a second event must've caused the second event.

Circular Argument

When the argument uses evidence as part of the argument itself.

Either Or

When a person claims there are only two sides to an argument when there are more.

Ad hominem

When a person ignores the argument another is making to attack the person instead.

Red Herring

False information meant to throw off the reader.

Guilt by Association

When a thought or idea is connected/associated with something negative.

Flattery

When a person uses flattery to win support for their side of the argument.

Straw Man

When a person takes another's argument, makes extreme changes, and argues with the extreme version.

Veiled Threat

When a person tries to discourage people from supporting the opposition by threatening violence.

Authority

A famous person believes it so it must be true, or if your endorser doesn't have anything to do with the topic of your argument.