Logical Fallacies

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Ad Hominem

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A fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute.

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Slippery Slope

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A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented.

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Red Herring

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A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.

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Straw Man

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A fallacy that involves misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.

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False Dilemma

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A fallacy that presents two options as the only possible choices, when in fact others exist.

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Hasty Generalization

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A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence.

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False Cause

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A fallacy that assumes that because one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.

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Circular Reasoning

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A fallacy in which the argument repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence.

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Bandwagon

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A fallacy that assumes something is true or right because other people agree with it.