Index of Terms
Fallacies and terms listed in alphabetical order:
A B C
D E F G
H I J K
L M N O
P Q R S
T U V W
X Y Z
A
Abduction
Abusive
Accident
Ad Baculum
Ad Hominem
Ad Hominem - Abusive
Ad Hominem - Circumstantial
Ad Ignorantiam
Ad Misericordiam
Ad Nauseum
Ad Populum
Ad
Verecundiam
Affirming
the Consequent
Ambiguity
Amphiboly
Anecdotal Evidence
Appeal to
Authority
Appeal to Bribery
Appeal to
Confidence
Appeal to Fear
Appeal to Flattery
Appeal to Force
Appeal to Gender
Appeal to Gravity
Appeal to Guilt
Appeal to Hope
Appeal to Humor
Appeal to Ignorance
Appeal to Mystery
Appeal to Nature
Appeal to Novelty
Appeal to Patriotism
Appeal to Pity
Appeal to Popularity
Appeal to
Private Motives
Appeal to Rugged Individualism
Appeal to
Tradition
Appeal to Utility
Appeal to Vanity
Arcane Explanation
Authority of the Select Few
B
Bandwagon Effect
Begging the Question
Black &
White Thinking
Bribery, Appeal to
C
Canceling Hypotheses
Celebrity
Endorsement
Cherry Picking
Circular
Reasoning
Circular Evidence
Circular
Explanation
Circular
Justification
Circumstantial
Common Denominator
Fallacy
Complex Question
Composition
Confidence,
Appeal to
Conspiracy Theory
D
Damning
with Faint Praise
Deduction
Definitional Retreat
Denying the
Antecedent
Deriving 'ought'
from 'is'
Destroying the Exception
Destroying the Rule
Dicto Simpliciter
Distinction without
a difference
Distributive
Fallacy
Division
E
Emotional Appeals
Equivocation
Errors in
Observation
Errors in Sampling
Ex Concessis
Experimenter Bias
F
Faddism
Fallacy - defined
False Analogy
False Cause
False Compromise
False Dilemma
False Equivalency
False Report
Fear, Appeal to
Fishing for Data
Flattery, Appeal to
Force, Appeal to
Formal
Fallacies
G
Gambler's Fallacy
Gender, Appeal to
Genetic
Fallacy
Gravity, Appeal to
Guilt, Appeal to
Guilt by Association
H
Hasty Generalization
Hope, Appeal to
Humor, Appeal to
Hyperbole, Inductive
Hypothesis Contrary to Fact
Hypothetical reasoning
I
Ignorance, Appeal to
Ignoratio Elenchi
Illicit
Major
Illicit
Minor
Inappropriate Operational Definition
Induction
Inductive Hyperbole
Infinite Regress
Invincible
Authority
Invincible
Ignorance
Irrelevancies
J - K - L
Jingoism
Loaded language
Lottery Fallacy
M
Making the
perfect the enemy of the good
Middle Ground
Fallacies
Misrepresenting the Facts
Misrepresentation
Moving the Goal Posts
Mystery, Appeal to
N - O
Naturalistic
Fallacy
Nature, Appeal to
No True Scotsman
Non Causa Pro Causa
Non Sequitur
Novelty, Appeal to
Operational Definition, Inappropriate
Over-reporting the Facts
P
Petitio Principii
Phantom Distinction
Pity, Appeal to
Poisoning the Well
Popularity, Appeal to
Post Designation
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Pregnant Negative
Private
Motives, Appeal to
R
Red Herring
Retroduction
Reverse Accident
Rhetorical ploys
Rugged Individualism, Appeal to
S
Scare tactics
Secundum Quid
Slippery Slope
Snob
Appeal
Special Pleading
Speculative Evidence
Splitting the
Difference
Straw Man
T
Tainted Data
Tradition, Appeal
to
Truthiness
Tu Quoque
U
Uncharacteristic Sample
Uncontrolled Factors
Under-reporting the Facts
Undistributed Middle
Unidentified
Experts
Utility, Appeal to
V - W
Vacuous Explanation
Vanity, Appeal to
Vicious Circle
Wishful Thinking
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