Logical Fallacies

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A personal attack meant to discredit one’s opponent

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Ad Hominem

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Assumes the NATURAL choice is always the best choice

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Appeal to Nature

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Assumes the POPULAR choice is always the best choice

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Bandwagon

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Supports a claim with the claim itself

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Circular Reasoning

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The use of a completely unrelated topic in support of a claim

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Red Herring

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Unfair negative association with another person or group that is intended to discredit

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Guilt by Association

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Assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other

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False Causation

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Presents only two choices when more options exist

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False Dichotomy

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A very broad claim based on very little evidence

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Hasty Generalization

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A misrepresentation of an opponent’s position that makes it easier to argue against

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Straw Man