Logical Fallacies

Falsely requiring an opponent to “disprove” instead

of you “proving” your argument

• Fallacy of Ignorance

• Doubtful Cause

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

Comparing two things that aren’t similar

in order to bolster an argument

• Doubtful Cause

• Hasty Generalization

• False Analogy

• Ad Hominem

A conclusion that oversimplifies an argument to only two extreme sides or choices

• Doubtful Cause

• False Dichotomy

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

Suggesting that since things have always been

a certain way they should continue

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

• Circular Reasoning

• False Appeal to Tradition

Suggesting chronological relationships are actually

cause and effect relationships

• False Appeal to Tradition

• Post Hoc/Doubtful Cause

• Circular Reasoning

• False Analogy

Rephrasing an argument to use it as support for itself

• Circular Reasoning

• False Dichotomy

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

Suggesting that one event will inevitably lead to

an unwanted chain of negative events

• Hasty Generalization

• False Analogy

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

Attacking the arguer instead of the argument

• Straw Man

• Circular Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

Creating an alternative or oversimplified

argument in order to attack it.

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Doubtful Cause

• False Analogy

Reaching hasty and broad conclusions

from isolated incidents or limited evidence

• Doubtful Cause

• Hasty Generalization

• False Analogy

• Circular Reasoning