What is a logical fallacy?
A logical fallacy is, at its essence, an error of reasoning. When an argument is used, based on bad reasoning to support a position (or to try to convince someone to adopt the same position), it is considered a fallacy.
- Appeal to Antiquity or Tradition
- Appeal to Authority
- Appeal to Consequences
- Appeal to Nature
- Appeal to Novelty
- Argument from Fallacy
- Argument from Ignorance
- Argumentum Ad Hominem
- Bandwagon Fallacy
- Cherry Picking or Quote Mining
- Confirmation Bias
- Fallacy of Composition
- False Dichotomy
- False Equivalence
- Fallacy of Division
- Fundamental Attribution Error (or Correspondence Bias)
- Gambler's Fallacy
- Genetic Fallacy
- Naturalistic Fallacy
- Nirvana Fallacy
- Non Sequitur
- Poisoning the Well
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Slippery Slope Fallacy
- Special Pleading
- Strawman Argument
