Logical Fallacies
List of known logical fallacies.
Word | Explanation | Examples | Alternative Names | Commonality (1-5 with 5 being most common) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Hominem | 5 | |||
| Affirming the Consequent | 4 | |||
| Ambiguity | 3 | |||
| Anecdotal | 4 | |||
| Anonymous Authority | 4 | |||
| Appeal to Authority | 5 | |||
| Appeal to Emotion | 4 | |||
| Appeal to Faith | 4 | |||
| Appeal to Fear | 3 | |||
| Appeal to Nature | 5 | |||
| Appeal to Popularity | Argumentum ad populum, bandwagon, appeal to common belief, appeal to the masses, appeal to the mob, argument by consensus | 5 | ||
| Appeal to Tradition | 4 | |||
| Argument from Ignorance | 5 | |||
| Base Rate Fallacy | Biased Sample | 3 | ||
| Begging the Question | 4 | |||
| Burden of Proof | 4 | |||
| Composition | Fallacy of Composition, Exception Fallacy | 3 | ||
| Equivocation | 2 | |||
| Fallacy Fallacy | 2 | |||
| False Cause | Correlation does not imply causation, Questionable cause | 4 | ||
| False Dichotomy | Black-or-White, either-or fallacy, false dilemma | 4 | ||
| Gambler's Fallacy | 4 | |||
| Genetic | 4 | |||
| Hasty Generalization | 4 | |||
| Historian's Fallacy | 3 | |||
| Loaded Language | 3 | |||
| Loaded Question | 3 | |||
| Middle Ground | 4 | |||
| Missing the Point | Ignoratio Elenchi | 3 | ||
| Moving the Goalposts | 3 | |||
| No True Scotsman | 3 | |||
| Non-Sequitur | 3 | |||
| Personal Incredulity | 5 | |||
| Poisoning the Well | 2 | |||
| Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc | 4 | |||
| Red Herring | 3 | |||
| Slippery Slope | 4 | |||
| Special Pleading | 4 | |||
| Spotlight Fallacy | 4 | |||
| Strawman | 4 | |||
| Texas Sharpshooter | 3 | |||
| Tu Quoque | 4 |