Fallacies of Ambiguity
This fallacy occurs when the meaning of a statement depends on how it's spoken, or the emphasis placed on certain words.
This fallacy occurs when someone incorrectly assumes that a causal relation exists between two things or events.
What is a false cause?
This fallacy occurs when a claim is said to be true simply because it's what a large number of people believe.
What is an appeal to the majority?
This fallacy occurs when a claim is said to be true simply because an authority figure made it.
What is an appeal to authority?
This fallacy is when you assume the conclusion is true in the premises of the argument (when you assume what is yet to be proved).
What is Circular Reasoning/Begging the Question?
This logical fallacy occurs when someone assumes that something is true of the whole because it is true of a parts.
What is the fallacy of composition?
This fallacy occurs when an arguments premise contradicts its conclusion.
What is a self-refuting statement?
This fallacy occurs when the person who is making the argument is attacked instead of the person's argument.
What is an Ad Hominem?
This fallacy occurs an accused person turns an allegation back on his or her accuser for doing the same thing.
What is tu quoque?
This fallacy occurs when one assumes that one step in a certain direction is bound to lead to many steps in that same direction.
What is a slippery slope?
This logical fallacy occurs when someone assumes that when something is true of the parts because it is true of its whole.
What is the fallacy of division?
This fallacy occurs when someone claims there are only two mutually exclusive options when there are actually more.
What is a bifurcation/false dilemma fallacy?
This fallacy when someone introduces an irrelevant topic to distract from the main issue at hand.
What is a red herring fallacy?
This fallacy occurs when someone misrepresents an opponent's argument in order to make it easier to attack.
What is a strawman argument?
This fallacy occurs when one attempts to defend a generalization by denying the validity of any counterexamples given.
What is the 'No True Scotsman' fallacy?
This fallacy occurs when a word or phrase is used with different meanings in an argument.
What is the fallacy of equivocation?
This fallacy occurs when a claim is made based on an insufficient or unrepresentative sample of evidence.
What is a hasty generalization?
This fallacy occurs when ideas from modern times are assumed to be superior to those from ancient times.
What is chronological snobbery?
This fallacy occurs when ideas from ancient times are assumed to be superior to those from modern times.
What is chronological snobbery?
This fallacy occurs when someone cites an exception to a general principle without providing a justification for the exception.
What is special pleading?
This fallacy occurs when a statement's grammar is ambiguous, allowing for multiple meanings. The fallacy results when an argument is based on the ambiguity, leading to an incorrect conclusion.
What is the fallacy of amphiboly?
This fallacy occurs when someone asks a question that assumes the answer to another question that has not been established or accepted.
What is a complex question/loaded question?
This fallacy occurs when someone dismisses an argument solely based on its origin or source, rather than evaluating the actual content or merits of the claim itself.
What is the genetic fallacy?
This fallacy occurs when an argument is rejected on the basis of how the person who is making came to believe in it.
What is the genetic fallacy?
This fallacy occurs when one assumes that correlation is causation.
What is a false cause?