Fallacies of Relevance
Claiming an idea is untrustworthy because of its origin.
Genetic Fallacy
Assuming one action will lead to an extreme chain of events.
Slippery Slope
Changing the meaning of a word during an argument.
Equivocation
Attacking the person instead of addressing the argument.
Ad Hominem
Drawing a conclusion based on insufficient evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Assuming what’s true of the whole is true of its parts.
Division
Asserting that something must be true because everyone believes it.
Bandwagon Approach
Restating the argument instead of proving it.
Circular Argument
Framing a question to imply an unproven claim.
Loaded Argument
Claiming that “all the best people are doing it.”
Snob Approach
Oversimplifying a situation into only two choices.
Either/Or
Arguing something is true because it hasn’t been disproven.
Appeal to a Lack of Evidence
Arguing that something is true because it has always been done or believed.
Appeal to Tradition
Mistaking correlation for causation.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Claiming something is true because the opposite can't be proven.
Argument from the Negative