Definition
When someone makes it seem like you have to choose between 2 thins only
Either Or Fallacy
Asking a questions behind a question
Loaded question
someone tells you to do think or believe something based on the opinion of a certain authority
Appeal to authority
Attacking a person's character or personal traits to undermine their argument
Ad Hominem Attack
when someone changes the definition of a word in the middle of a conversation or an argument
states the truth can be found at the middle point between two extreme arguments
Middle Ground Fallacy
Someone tries to get you o believe think or behave a certain way by making you feel a certain emotion
Appeal to emotion
Someone goes off topic and introduces something completely irrelevant
Red Herring
When you ignore or belittle an argument on the basis that they do the thing they're telling you not to do- pot calling the kettle black
Tu Quoque
someone tries to get you to believe, think, or do something just because a whole bunch of other people are already believing, thinking, or doing it.
Bandwagon
when someone draws an analogy or a comparison between two things that really arent that similar in order to make an argument
Weak analogy Fallacy
Concludes that since X happened before Y, then X must have caused Y
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
claims that something is true or something exists unless the other person can believe that it isn't true or doesn't exist
The Burden of Proof
If we take the first step down a certain path, there's nothing stopping us from taking all the next steps as well
Slippery Slope
When you change, exaggerate, or misrepresent the other person's argument to diminish it or make it easier to attack
Strawman
is saying something is either good or bad simply because of where it came from or because of who said it
Genetic Fallacy
happens when someone claims to know the will of God
Appeal to Heaven
Says that A is true because B is true and B is true because A is true
Circular reasoning
When someone bases a conclusion on a personal experience or on a very small sample size
Anecdotal Fallacy
says that something must be better just because it is new
Appeal to Novelty
when someone uses a lot of acronyms, technical language, buzzwords, figures in a conversation or speech on purpose in order to confuse people or make themselves feel and sound more credible
Alphabet soup
when an abstract believe or an idea is treated as though its real, concrete, sometimes event a living thing or event
Reification
The belief that ideas, discoveries, art, and architecture of societies in the past must be inferior because we are so much more advanced now
Chronological snobbery
when someone concludes that something is untrue just because they cant imagine it being true
Personal incredulity
when someone draws a conclusion that doesn't logically follow from the stated premise
Non Sequitur Fallacy