Meme of The Day: Logical Fallacy Ref Will Help You Keep Internet Arguments Fair

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  Ad Hominem Attack

  

  The evasion of the actual topic by directing an attack at your opponent.

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• 2

  Appeal to Authority

  

  Where an assertion is deemed true because of the position or authority of the person asserting it.

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• 3

  Appeal to The Stone

  

  Dismissing a claim as absurd without demonstrating proof for its absurdity.

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• 4

  Argument From Silence

  

  Where the conclusion is based on the absence of evidence, rather than the existence of evidence.

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• 5

  Argument to Ignorance

  

  Assuming that a claim is true because it has not been or cannot be proven false, or vice versa.

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• 6

  Bandwagon Argument

  

  Where a proposition is claimed to be true or good solely because many people believe it to be so.

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• 7

  Circular Logic

  

  When the reasoner begins with what he or she is trying to end up with; sometimes called assuming the conclusion.

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• 8

  Ergo Decedo

  

  Where a critic's perceived affiliation is seen as the underlying reason for the criticism and the critic is asked to stay away from the issue altogether.

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• 9

  False Dichotomy

  

  Two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options, when in reality there are more.

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• 10

  Call For Moderation

  

  Assuming that the compromise between two positions is always correct.

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• 11

  Non Sequitur

  

  An argument in which its conclusion does not follow from its premises.

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  Red Herring

  

  A speaker attempts to distract an audience by deviating from the topic at hand by introducing a separate argument the speaker believes is easier to speak to.

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  Slippery Slope

  

  Asserting that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant impact/event that should not happen, thus the first step should not happen.

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• 14

  Straw Man Argument

  

  An argument based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.

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  Historian's Fallacy

  

  Occurs when one assumes that decision makers of the past viewed events from the same perspective and having the same information as those subsequently analyzing the decision.

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