Logical Fallacies

(personal attack) attacking the person rather than the argument

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Force

• Faulty Emotional

• Hasty Generalization

"bandwagon appeal" an appeal to the prejudices of the people

• Appeal to Reward

• Poisoning the Well

• Ad Populum

• False Analogy

diverting attention from the real issue to the negative consequences of not accepting an argument

• Stacking the Deck

• Faulty Use of Authority

• Appeal to Force

• Hasty Generalization

refusing to accept the burden of proof

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Appeal to Reward

• Faulty Use of Authority

diverting attention from the real issue to what will be gained by accepting the argument

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Reward

• Appeal to Force

• Faulty Use of Authority

assuming that what has become a tradition because it has been around for so long should continue to be a tradition

• Appeal to Tradition

• Straw Man

• Creating False Needs

• Two Wrongs Make a Right

making listeners believe that they need something that they really don’t, or exaggerating the importance of the need

• Stacking the Deck

• Straw Man

• Creating False Need

• Hasty Generlization

comparing things, circumstances, and so on without demonstrating a meaningful connection between them

• False Dilemma

• False Analogy

• Poisoning the Well

• Slippery Slope

posing an either-or situation and ignoring further alternatives

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

• Hasty Generalization

• False Dilemma

drawing attention away from the topic through emotion

• Poisoning the Well

• Faulty Emotional Appeal

• Faulty Use of Authority

• Hasty Generalization