Logical Fallacies

an inference drawn from insufficient evidence

• faulty causality
• hasty generalization
• straw man
• either/or

incorrect assumption that one event caused another event

• hasty generalization
• slippery slope
• faulty causality
• bandwagon

unfair oversimplification by only presenting two options

• either/or
• appeal to false authority
• scare tactics
• faulty causation

misrepresenting or twisting someone's argument so it is easier to knock down

• tu quoque
• ad hominem
• slippery slope
• straw man

playing on audience's emotions by distracting them from the facts

• pathos
• scare tactics
• sentimental appeal
• straw man

using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers

• scare tactics
• ad hominem
• hasty generalization
• pathos

arguments urging you to follow the same path everyone else is taking

• the fallacy fallacy
• bandwagon
• tu quoque
• slippery slope

presenting an unqualified person or institution as a credible source of information

• appeal to false authority
• burden of proof
• ad hominem
• tu quoque

when you attack a person's character rather than the quality of their ideas

• straw man
• ad hominem
• hasty generalization
• either/or

Exaggeration of the likely consequences of an action, designed to show that a misstep today could result in a future disaster

• hasty generalization
• faulty causality
• slippery slope
• begging the question