Falacies

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Ad hominem

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Fallacy consisting of irrelevant personal references or attacks

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Appeal to anger

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The fallacious strategy of arousing irrelevant anger in support of a position

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Appeal to authority

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The fallacious use of authority in support of a claim

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Appeal to fear

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The fallacy of attermpting to intimidate people into accepting a position

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Appeal to novelty

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the fallacy of assuming or arguing that something is good or desirable simply because it is novel or new

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Appeal to pity

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the fallacious strategy of arousing irrelevant pity in support of your opinion

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Appeal to tradition

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The fallacy of assuming that something is good because it is old or traditional

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Beggining the question

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Fallacy presupposing ones thesis or conclusion

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Common practice

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a variety of the two wrongs fallacy in which ones own wrongdoing is excused by assimilation to widespread practice

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Complex question

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a question where presupposing an answer to some further the question or fallacy based upon such a presupposition

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Composition

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The fallacy of inferring characteristics of the whole from characteristics of the parts

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Conflict of interest

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Any combination of interests that interferes with impartiality, hence a variety of fallacious appeal to authority where the authority cited has such a combination of interests

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Division

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The fallacy of inferring characteristics of the whole

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Division of expert opinion

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A variety of fallacious appeal to authority in which the authorities with relevant expertise are divided over the question at issue

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False Dilemma

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Argument in the form of a dilemma, but based on a false disjunctive premise

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False implication

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an advertising strategy in which important claims are strongly implied but remain literally unstated, often because they are known to be false

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Genetic appeal

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The fallacy of assessment simply in terms of origin, sources or genesis

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Guilt by association

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The fallacy of supporting negative claims about people or their views or positions solely on the basis of their relationships with others

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Hyperbole

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An advertising and public relations strategy in which hyperbolic terminology is used to promote excitment

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Informal fallacy

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an unreliable inference whose flaw or weakness is attributable to something other than its formal structure

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Innuendo

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A public relations strategy in which important claims are strongly implied but left unsaid, sometimes because they cannot be proven

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Invincible authority

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A variety of fallacious appeal to authority in which the authority is taken to outweigh any conflicting consideration

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Irrelevant authority

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The authority cited lacks expertise relevant to the question at issue

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Loaded language

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Language that leans more heavily on connotation than reasoning

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Phantom distinction

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The use of language to suggest a difference that doesn't exist

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Poisoning the well

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The fallacious strategy of attempting to discredit a position or its advocate, before the argument for the position can be considered

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Positioning

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The fallacy of supporting positive claims about people or their views or positions solely

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Provincialism

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The fallacy of appealing to considerations of group loyalty in support of a claim

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Puffery

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An advertising strategy in which vague terminology is used to promote enthusiasm

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Red herring argument

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Argument strategy of diverting attention from the real issue to another one

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Rhetorical Question

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A question used to mask a claim or fallacy based on such usage

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Straw person

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The fallacious argument strategy of attacking a weak or distorted representation of an opponents position

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Testimonial

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An advertising and public relations strategy based on testimony of a celebrity; often an instance of the fallacy of irrelevant authority

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Two Wrongs

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The fallacy of excusing ones own wrong by comparing it to other wrongs

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Unidentified authority

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A variety of fallacious appeal to authority in which the authority is not identified sufficiently to make assessments of expertise, impartiality, or other relevant variables

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