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Fallacies Reference Card
Fallacies Reference Card
Appeal to Authority
(Ad Verecundiam)
Appeal to Emotion
Appeal to Force
(Ad Baculum)
Appeal to Ignorance
(Ad Ignorantiam)
Appeal to Pity
(Ad Misericordiam)
Appeal to Ridicule
Appeal to Tradition
Composition
Whats true for the individual part of a whole is true for the entire whole
form.
Division
Whats true for the entire whole form is true for each of its individual parts.
False Alternative
Offering only two options while omitting other relevant, viable options.
Hasty Generalization
Middle Ground
Red Herring
Selective Evidence
Slippery Slope
Straw Man
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