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Thinking a claim is ture ( or false) because it can't be proven ture (or false) 

Appeal to ignorance 

100

Making a personal attack against the person saying the argument, rather than directly addressing issue 

Ad homien 

100

Misrepresenting or exaggerating another person's argument to make it easier to attack 

Strawman Fallacy

100

Thinking an argument must be ture because it's popular 

Bandwagon 

100

Believing something is good or beneficial just because it's natural 

Naturalistic Fallacy 

200

Only choosing a few examples support your argument, rather than looking at the full picture 

Cherry picking 

200

Thinking there are only two possibilties when there may be other alternatives you haven't considered 

False dilemma 

200

Making an argument that something is ture by repeating the same thing in different words 

Begging the question 

200

Believing something is right just because it's been done around for a really long time 

Appeal to tradition

200

Trying to persudo someone by manipulating their emotions - such as fear, anger, or ridicule - rather than making a rational case 

Appeal to emotions 

300

Thinking instead of proving your claim is ture, the other person has to prove it's false

Shifting the burden of proof 

300

Believing just because an authority or "expert" believes something than it must be ture 

Appeal to authority 

300

When you charge the subject to a topic that's easier to attack 

Red herring 

300

Taking an argument to an exaggerated extreme. If we let a happen, then Z will happen

Slippery slope 

300

Believing that just because two things happen at the same time, that one must have caused the other

Correlation proves causation 

400

Thinking that just because something applies to you thatn it must be ture for most people 

Anecdotal evidence 

400

Using two different meanings of a word prove your argument 

Equivocation 

400

Implying a logical connection between two things that doesn't exist. It doesn't follow.

Non sequitur 

400

Making an assumption about a specific person based on general tendencies within a group they belong to 

Ecological fallacy 

400

Thinking just because a claim follows a logical fallacy that it must be false

Fallacy fallacy 

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