Logic Terms

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accent

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supplying a statement with an unintended meaning

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appeal to authority

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relying on other people's testimony about a matter on areas outside of their expertise

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appeal to ignorance

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inferring the falsity of a proposition from our failure to establish its truth or inferring the truth of a proposition from our failure to establish its falsity

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begging the question

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including the conclusion of an argument among the premises (perhaps disguised) or employing a premise whose credibility depends on the credibility of the conclusion

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bifurcation

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suggesting that two alternatives are exhaustive or mutually exclusive when they aren't

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complex question

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asking a question that presupposes that a dubious conclusion has already been established

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equivocation

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making an argument invalid by allowing an ambiguous word to shift its meaning

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false analogy

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drawing an analogy between situations that differ with respect to some central feature of an issue under discussion

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irrelevant thesis

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diverting attention away from the main issue by arguing for or against some other conclusion

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question-begging epithets

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using a descriptive phrase that presupposes that a dubious conclusion has already been established

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special pleading

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employing an unjustified double standard