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Quick TrainerLogical Fallacies and Their Definitions
Identify common logical fallacies from their definitions to sharpen your reasoning and spot flawed arguments.
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Common Fallacies
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Intermediate
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Attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.
Ad hominem
Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
Straw man
Presenting only two options when more actually exist.
False dilemma
Arguing that one small step will inevitably lead to a chain of negative events.
Slippery slope
Claiming something is true because many people believe it.
Bandwagon
Assuming that because one event followed another, the first caused the second.
Post hoc
Diverting attention to an irrelevant topic to distract from the issue.
Red herring
Asserting a conclusion is true simply because an authority figure says so.
Appeal to authority
Arguing that a claim is true because it has not been proven false.
Appeal to ignorance
Using the conclusion of an argument as one of its premises.
Circular reasoning
Drawing a broad conclusion from an insufficient or unrepresentative sample.
Hasty generalization
Manipulating emotions, especially sympathy, instead of using valid reasoning.
Appeal to emotion
Using a word with multiple meanings ambiguously to mislead.
Equivocation
Claiming something is good or true simply because it is traditional or old.
Appeal to tradition
Claiming something is good or true simply because it is new or modern.
Appeal to novelty
Avoiding a counterexample by arbitrarily redefining a term after the fact.
No true Scotsman
Concluding that the whole has a property because its parts do.
Fallacy of composition
Concluding that the parts have a property because the whole does.
Fallacy of division
Pointing to an opponent's hypocrisy to deflect their criticism.
Tu quoque
Asserting that a compromise between two positions is automatically correct.
Middle ground fallacy
Including a presumption within a question so any answer implies guilt.
Loaded question
Assuming that what is natural is automatically good or right.
Appeal to nature
Deriving what ought to be solely from what is.
Is-ought fallacy
Believing that because something is rare, an unrelated event is now more likely.
Gambler's fallacy
Continuing an endeavor because of resources already invested rather than future value.
Sunk cost fallacy
Focusing on successes while ignoring failures that didn't make it through a selection process.
Survivorship bias
Dismissing an argument by claiming the arguer's hidden motives, not its content.
Genetic fallacy
Repeating a claim as if repetition makes it true.
Argument from repetition
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