Philosophy
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- appeal to ignorance
- claiming that since something hasn't been proven true, it is false or visa-versa
- amphiboly
- sentence structure that could mean more than one thing
- indirect appeal to the people
- appealing to the desire to be part of a group
- false dichotomy
- offering two options when there is clearly a third
- composition
- what's true of the parts is true of the whole
- complex question
- loaded questions
- post hoc ergo propter hoc
- false cause having to do with time
- begging the question / circular reasoning
- assuming what you are to prove in the premise(s)
- circumstantial ad hominem
- claiming the arguer is wrong because they stand to gain
- division
- what's true of the whole is true of its parts
- equivocation
- a single word with a double meaning, the arguer switches the meaning in the conclusion
- abusive ad hominem
- insulting/ attacking the arguer
- direct appeal to the people
- mob mentality
- tu quoque ad hominem
- claiming the arguer is a hypocrite
- oversimplified
- accuses B for causing A, but B was only one of many factors in causing A
- straw man
- twisting / reinterpreting an argument
- red herring
- changing the subject
- hasty generalization
- polls
- weak analogy
- irrelevant similarities
- non causa pro causa
- superstitions / bad causes
- accident
- appealing to a generally accepted rule, but misapplying it