Logical Fallacies

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Red Herring

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A logical fallacy that introduces irrelevant material to distract from the argument and lead towards a different conclusion.

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No Fallacy

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A situation where an argument does not contain any logical fallacies, even if it may seem flawed.

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Slippery Slope

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A logical fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.

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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

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A fallacy that assumes that if one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.

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Appeal to Authority

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A fallacy that occurs when someone claims something is true simply because an expert or authority says it is, regardless of the evidence.

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Straw Man

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A fallacy that misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.

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Ad Hominem

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A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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Hasty Generalization

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A fallacy that draws a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence.

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Begging the Question

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A fallacy in which the conclusion is included in the premise, assuming what it is trying to prove.

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Bandwagon

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A fallacy that suggests that because something is popular or widely accepted, it must be true.