RE: That's a logical fallasy!
December 5, 2014 at 2:06 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2014 at 2:21 pm by robvalue.)
Yeah, I have considered trying to put a big list together. I wondered whether this has already been done on here.
The most common ones I saw are:
Bullshit fallacy (ok I need a proper name)- unsupported assertions
Straw man- attacking a position that is not the one being held
Tu quo/deflection- trying to prove your point by undermining a different point; "my point may not make sense, but neither does yours!"
Irrelevant conclusion- the argument may or may not make sense but does not prove the claim being made
Ad hominem- using an insult in place of an argument
Argument from ignorance- claiming your position is true because another explanation has not been established
Argument from incredulity- claiming your position is true because you can't imagine any other explanation
Argument from authority- saying your claim is true because someone else, not actually qualified to assess the claim, says so
Argument from popularity- saying your claim is true because a lot of people agree with you
Non sequitur- jumping from one step to another that does not logically follow
Shifting the burden of proof- saying your claim is true because it can't be proved untrue
Unfalsifiable/untestable claim- something that can never be proved true or false and so is useless
Faulty analogy/ equivocation fallacy- comparing two situations which are not equivalent for the purposes of the argument, or using multiple definitions of the same word
Emotional manipulation- using threats or appeals to unexplained emotions in place of an argument
What have I missed?
The most common ones I saw are:
Bullshit fallacy (ok I need a proper name)- unsupported assertions
Straw man- attacking a position that is not the one being held
Tu quo/deflection- trying to prove your point by undermining a different point; "my point may not make sense, but neither does yours!"
Irrelevant conclusion- the argument may or may not make sense but does not prove the claim being made
Ad hominem- using an insult in place of an argument
Argument from ignorance- claiming your position is true because another explanation has not been established
Argument from incredulity- claiming your position is true because you can't imagine any other explanation
Argument from authority- saying your claim is true because someone else, not actually qualified to assess the claim, says so
Argument from popularity- saying your claim is true because a lot of people agree with you
Non sequitur- jumping from one step to another that does not logically follow
Shifting the burden of proof- saying your claim is true because it can't be proved untrue
Unfalsifiable/untestable claim- something that can never be proved true or false and so is useless
Faulty analogy/ equivocation fallacy- comparing two situations which are not equivalent for the purposes of the argument, or using multiple definitions of the same word
Emotional manipulation- using threats or appeals to unexplained emotions in place of an argument
What have I missed?
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