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Logical Fallacies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a person makes a claim then argues for it by advancing grounds whose meaning is simply equivalent to that of the original claim | circular reasoning |
| any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue (changing the subject) | red herring |
| ignoring a person's actual position/argument and instead substituting a misrepresentation of that person's ideas/argument | straw man |
| where someone attacks an opponent's character, or his motives for believing something, instead of disproving his opponent's argument | ad hominem |
| where someone generalizes about a class or group based upon a small and poor sample | hasty generalization |
| describing a situation as if there were only two choices when in fact there may be several | either/or |
| arguing that one event caused another just because it happened first | false cause and effect |
| suggests a person should do or believe something because "everyone does" | bandwagon/overgeneralization |
| insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered | appeal to authority |
| jumping to a series of unreasonable conclusions based on one event | slippery slope |
| explaining a complex situation or problem as if it is much simpler than it is | oversimplification |
| suggesting that because two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in all ways | false analogy |
| the presentation of only the details, statistics, and other information that impacts public opinion positively | card stacking |
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