Logical Fallacies

Attacks the arguer instead of the argument

• Slippery slope

• False dilemma

• Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man

• straw man

Ignores someone's actual argument and presents a distorted or oversimplified version instead

• slippery slope

• straw man

• bandwaggon

• red herring

Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or decide not to have music for a while

• straw man

• slippery slope

• either or fallacy

• burden of proof

Assumes that a proposed step will set off a chain of uncontrollable events.

• slippery slope

• begging the question/circular reasoning

• either or fallacy otherwise called false dilemma

• red herring

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Encouraged to take some action because other people are doing the same thing.

• begging the question/circular reasoning,

• false authority

• bandwagon

• appeal to emotion

Presents an argument in which the conclusion is assumed in the reasoning.

• perfection solution

• false authority

• begging the question/circular reasoning

• Bias

Diverts attention from the original issue by shifting to another issue/topic

• Hasty generalization

• red herring

• ad hominem/ personal attack

• appeal to logos

Uses emotionally charged language/loaded language or imagery to distract the audience

• glittering generality

• logos/appeals to logic

• appeal to emotions/pathos

• hasty generalization

"Everytime I wash my car it rains, therefore, washing my car makes it rain."

• ad hominem

• post hoc/faulty cause and effect

• analogy

• anecdote

"Bernie Saunders wouldn't make a good president because he looks like a sad muppet."

• Stacking the deck/Bias

• ad hominem

• bandwagon

• Tu Quoque