Ignoring the context of an opponent's argument and instead attacking the opponent's character.

Depending the conclusion of an argument upon the wrong interpretation of a syntactically ambiguous statement.

Attempting to evoke sympathy in your opponents in order to get your conclusion accepted.

Assuming the truth of something that requires proving. Concealing an essential premise in an argument or basing a premise on a yet unknown conclusion. Reasoning in a circular fashion.

Asking multiple questions that carry built-in, unproven conclusions.

Depending the conclusion of an argument upon the shift of meaning of a word or phrase.

Diverting attention to extraneous issues and thus away from the real issue under discussion and debate.

Misrepresentating your opponent's original argument and then attacking the new distorted argument.

Depending the conclusion of an argument upon a weak or defective analogy.

Assuming that because someone merely wants a particular thing to be true or false that it is actually true or false.

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Logical Fallacies

Question	Answer
Ad Hominem	Ignoring the context of an opponent's argument and instead attacking the opponent's character.
Amphiboly	Depending the conclusion of an argument upon the wrong interpretation of a syntactically ambiguous statement.
Appeal to Pity	Attempting to evoke sympathy in your opponents in order to get your conclusion accepted.
Begging the question	Assuming the truth of something that requires proving. Concealing an essential premise in an argument or basing a premise on a yet unknown conclusion. Reasoning in a circular fashion.
Complex Question	Asking multiple questions that carry built-in, unproven conclusions.
Equivocation	Depending the conclusion of an argument upon the shift of meaning of a word or phrase.
Red Herring	Diverting attention to extraneous issues and thus away from the real issue under discussion and debate.
Straw Man	Misrepresentating your opponent's original argument and then attacking the new distorted argument.
Faulty Analogy	Depending the conclusion of an argument upon a weak or defective analogy.
Wishful Thinking	Assuming that because someone merely wants a particular thing to be true or false that it is actually true or false.

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