Logical Fallacies

Red Herring

When someone avoids directly answering a question and introduces a new topic

Ad Hominem

Attacking the person giving the argument instead of the argument itself

Genetic Fallacy

A personal attack fallacy that attacks the place where the argument came from

Tu Quoque

Dismissing a viewpoint because they are guilty of doing that very thing

Faulty Appeal to Authority

Appeals to an authority in a subject, but not the subject being discussed

Appeal to People

Claiming a view is correct because other people agree with it

Straw Man

Changing or exaggerating an opponent's argument to make it easier to refute

Circular Reasoning

Saying something is the way it is because it is the way it is

Equivocation

Changing the meaning of a word in the middle of an argument