Logical Fallacies vs. Evidence

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Rejecting, omitting, or ignoring evidence of an opposing argument in order to strengthen your argument.

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Stacking the deck

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This is a conclusion that if A happens, then eventually through a series of small steps, Z will happen. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.

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Slippery-slope

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This conclusion occurs when one rushes to a conclusion without getting all of the facts.

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Generalization

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Fallacies are flaws in reasoning because they...

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lack credible evidence to support a claim.

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This is an attack on an opponent's character rather than his claim or argument.

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Ad hominem

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This type of appeal attempts to persuades others to think the same way as the majority, or a group of people think, in order to persuade one to think the same way.

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Bandwagon

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This is a diversionary tactic that introduces an irrelevant topic to an argument in order to distract readers and listeners from the original issue.

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Red herring

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This fallacy occurs when someone takes another person’s claim and attempts to distort or exaggerate it in some kind of extreme way to make it easier to attack the argument.

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Straw man

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This fallacy occurs when an opponent restates an argument rather than proving it.

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Circular reasoning

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This is a fallacy that assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have been the cause of 'A.'

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Post-hoc