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Logical Fallacies

Name the corresponding logical fallacy for each description.
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Last updated: November 5, 2023
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First submittedNovember 5, 2023
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Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
Strawman
Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.
False Cause
Manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.
Appeal to Emotion
Presuming that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that it is necessarily wrong.
The Fallacy Fallacy
Attacking your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.
Ad Hominem
Avoiding having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser - answering criticism with criticism.
Tu Quoque
Saying that because one finds something difficult to understand that it's therefore not true.
Personal Incredulity
Moving the goalposts to create exceptions when a claim is shown to be false.
Special Pleading
Asking a question that has an assumption built into it so that it can't be answered without appearing guilty.
Loaded Question
Saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove.
Burden of Proof
Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent truth.
Ambiguity
Believing that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.
The Gambler's Fallacy
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Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.
Bandwagon
Using the opinion or position of an authority figure, or institution of authority, in place of an actual argument.
Appeal to Authority
Assuming that what's true about one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it.
Composition/Division
Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of an argument.
No True Scotsman
Judging something good or bad on the basis of where it comes from, or from whom it comes.
Genetic
Where two alternative states are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.
Black-or-White
A circular argument in which the conclusion is included in the premise.
Begging the Question
Making the argument that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good, or ideal.
Appeal to Nature
Using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics.
Anecdotal
Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption.
The Texas Sharpshooter
Asserting that if we allow A to happen, then Z will consequently happen too, therefore A should not happen.
Slippery Slope
Saying that a compromise, or middle point, between two extremes is the truth.
Middle Ground
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Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Nov 13, 2023
Nice quiz. I definitely should have done better.

I think Testimonial should work for the authority one and perhaps Synecdoche for the parts / whole. Perhaps the burden of proof should be reworded so it doesn't give away the answer.

XYU
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Level 62
Nov 14, 2023
3/24, terrible! I blame the quiz maker.....
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