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Common
fallacies
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Formal
In
propositional logic
Affirming a disjunct
Affirming the consequent
Denying the antecedent
Argument from fallacy
Masked man
Mathematical fallacy
In
quantificational logic
Existential
Illicit conversion
Proof by example
Quantifier shift
Syllogistic fallacy
Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise
Negative conclusion from affirmative premises
Exclusive premises
Existential
Necessity
Four terms
Illicit major
Illicit minor
Undistributed middle
Informal
Equivocation
Equivocation
False equivalence
False attribution
Quoting out of context
Loki's Wager
No true Scotsman
Reification
Question-begging
Circular reasoning
/
Begging the question
Loaded language
Leading question
Compound question
/
Loaded question
/
Complex question
No true Scotsman
Correlative-based
False dilemma
Perfect solution
Denying the correlative
Suppressed correlative
Illicit transference
Composition
Division
Ecological
Secundum quid
Accident
Converse accident
Faulty generalization
Anecdotal evidence
Sampling bias
Cherry picking
McNamara
Base rate
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Conjunction
Double counting
False analogy
Slothful induction
Overwhelming exception
Ambiguity
Accent
False precision
Moving the goalposts
Quoting out of context
Slippery slope
Sorites paradox
Syntactic ambiguity
Questionable cause
Animistic
Furtive
Correlation implies causation
Cum hoc
Post hoc
Gambler's
Inverse
Regression
Single cause
Slippery slope
Texas sharpshooter
Appeals
Law/Legality
Stone
/
Proof by assertion
Consequences
Argumentum ad baculum
Wishful thinking
Emotion
Children
Fear
Flattery
Novelty
Pity
Ridicule
In-group favoritism
Invented here
/
Not invented here
Island mentality
Loyalty
Parade of horribles
Spite
Stirring symbols
Wisdom of repugnance
Genetic fallacy
Ad hominem
Appeal to motive
Association
Reductio ad Hitlerum
Godwin's law
Reductio ad Stalinum
Bulverism
Poisoning the well
Tone
Tu quoque
Whataboutism
Authority
Accomplishment
Ipse dixit
Poverty
/
Wealth
Etymology
Nature
Tradition
/
Novelty
Chronological snobbery
Other
fallacies
of relevance
Arguments
Ad nauseam
Sealioning
Argument from anecdote
Argument from silence
Argument to moderation
Argumentum ad populum
Cliché
The Four Great Errors
I'm entitled to my opinion
Ignoratio elenchi
Invincible ignorance
Moralistic
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Naturalistic
Motte-and-bailey fallacy
Rationalization
Red herring
Two wrongs make a right
Special pleading
Straw man
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