Logical Fallacies

A fallacy that is a diversion tactic

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Circular Reasoning

An argument based on insufficient evidence.

• Non-Sequitur

• Straw Man

• Hasty Generalization

• Begging the Question

An argument that asserts something will inevitably happen.

• Non-Sequitur

• Circular Reasoning

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• Slippery Slope

An argument that assumes the premise of the claim is true.

• Ad Populum

• Begging the Question

• Ad Hominem

• False Analogy

An argument that is based on a misleading comparison.

• False Analogy

• Non-Sequitur

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

An argument that oversimplifies or misinterprets an idea only to attack it.

• Ad populum

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• Straw Man

• Circular Reasoning

An argument that restates the argument or claim rather than proving it.

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• Begging the Question

• Circular Reasoning

The claim in the argument is not followed by logically sequenced evidence.

• Non-Sequitur

• Ad Hominem

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• Red Herring

An argument that attacks the person instead of the evidence.

• Non-Sequitur

• Ad Populum

• Ad Hominem

• Circular Reasoning

A claim based on reasoning supported by popular belief.

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Populum

• Ad Hominem

• Begging the Question