6 Fallacies

Fallacy 1 False Dichotomy

- Ask you an either or questions
- Tendency to choose an answer without considering if the question makes sense
Fallacy 2 The Ecological Fallacy
- Problems arise when we try to infer characteristics of an individual from an average
Fallacy 3 Personal Attack
Fallacy 4 Appeal to Authority
Fallacy 5 After this therefore because of this
Fallacy 6 Straw Man Fallacy
- One person will restate the other’s argument in a less persuasive, weaker form, and then
counter that weaker version instead of the original.