Logical Fallacy Review

Attack a person‟s habits, personality, morals, or character. 

• Ad Hominem 

• Bandwagon Effect 

• Circular Reasoning 

• Double Standard 

• Either-Or 

A and B believe so C need not test belief. 

• Ad Hominem 

• Bandwagon Effect 

• Circular Reasoning 

• Double Standard 

• Either-Or 

The argument relies on a premise that says the same thing as the conclusion.

• Ad Hominem 

• Bandwagon Effect 

• Circular Reasoning 

• Double Standard 

• Either-Or 

A set of principles permits greater opportunity or liberty to one than to another.

• Ad Hominem 

• Bandwagon Effect 

• Circular Reasoning 

• Double Standard 

• Either-Or 

The claim presents an artificial range of choices. 

• Ad Hominem 

• Bandwagon Effect 

• Circular Reasoning 

• Double Standard 

• Either-Or 

The party whose standpoint has been questioned must prove that it is acceptable, but does not do so.

• Evading Burden of Proof 

• False Analogy 

• False Authority 

• Faulty Causality 

• Flattery 

X has property Y. Z is like X. Z, therefore, has property Y. 

• Evading Burden of Proof 

• False Analogy 

• False Authority 

• Faulty Causality 

• Flattery 

Use a biased, suspicious, or incredible source to defend a  conclusion.

• Evading Burden of Proof 

• False Analogy 

• False Authority 

• Faulty Causality 

• Flattery 

The assumption that because one event follows another,  the second necessarily causes the first.

• Evading Burden of Proof 

• False Analogy 

• False Authority 

• Faulty Causality 

• Flattery 

A person attempts to compliment or flatter another in order to get her to accept the truth of a proposition.

• Evading Burden of Proof 

• False Analogy 

• False Authority 

• Faulty Causality 

• Flattery