Logical Fallacies

You misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack

• Strawman

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

• Bandwagon

You attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.

• Genetic

• The fallacy fallacy

• Appeal to emotion

• Composition/

  Division

You presented two alternative states as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.

• Black-or-white

  Or either-or Or false dilemma

• Genetic

• False Cause

• Begging the question (or circular reasoning)

you attacked your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument

• Slippery Slope

• Tu quoque

• Appeal to nature

• Ad hominem

you appealed to popularity or the fact that many people do something as as an attempted form of validation

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to nature

• Appeal to authority

• Middle ground

You judged something as either good or bad on the basis of where it comes from, or from whom it came.

• Special pleading

• Genetic

• Conflation

• Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

You presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong

• Begging the question (or circular reasoning)

• Burden of Proof

• The fallacy fallacy

• Slippery Slope

You argued that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good or ideal.

• Anecdotal

• Appeal to nature

• Middle ground

• Special pleading

You said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen.

• Conflation

• Loaded question

• Slippery Slope

• Ad hominem

You assumed that one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it; or that the whole must apply to its parts.

• Strawman

• Ad hominem

• False Cause

• Composition/Division