Table of Fallacy Categories
Click on the class name for a list of fallacies in that class. Click on each fallacy to see an explanation of that fallacy, a couple of pithy examples, a discussion of why we sometimes find that fallacy to be persuasive, and a source indicating who first described and/or named the fallacy, if such an original source can be identified.
Deductive Fallacies | Inductive Fallacies | Retroductive Fallacies | |
Fallacies of Soundness |
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Major Premiss Fallacies |
Irrelevancies |
Errors in Observation and
Inductive Ambiguities |
False Cause Fallacies |
Minor Premiss Fallacies |
Misrepresentations and Deductive Ambiguities |
Errors in Sampling | False Report Fallacies |
Fallacies of Circularity |
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Circular Justifications | Circular Evidence | Circular Explanations |
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