fallacies
Subjectivism: Using the fact that one believes or wants a proposition to be true as evidence of its truth.
Appeal to Majority: Using the fact that large numbers of people believe a proposition to be true as evidence of its truth.
Appeal to Emotion: Trying to get someone to accept a proposition based on an emotion one induces.
Appeal to Force: Trying to get someone to accept a proposition based on a threat.
Appeal to Authority: Using testimonial evidence for a proposition when the conditions for credibility are not satisfied or the use of such evidence is inappropriate.
Ad Hominem: Using a negative trait of a speaker as evidence that their statement is false or their argument is weak.
False Alternative: Excluding relevant possibilities without justification.
Post Hoc: Using the fact that one event preceded another as sufficient evidence to conclude that the first caused the second.
Hasty Generalization: Inferring a general proposition from an inadequate sample of particular cases.
Composition: Inferring that a whole has a property merely because its parts have that property.
Division: Inferring that a part has a property merely because the whole has that property.
Begging the Question (Circular Argument): Trying to support a proposition with an argument in which that proposition is a premise.
Equivocation: Using a word with two different meanings in the premises and the conclusion.
Appeal to Ignorance: Using the absence of proof for a proposition as evidence for the truth of the opposing proposition.
Diversion: Trying to support one proposition by arguing for another proposition.