AD HOMINEM, Attacking a person’s character instead of their argument., HASTY GENERALIZATION, Drawing a conclusion from insufficient evidence., FALSE DILEMMA, Presenting only two options when more exist, APPEAL TO IGNORANCE, Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vice versa)., APPEAL TO EMOTION, Using emotions to persuade rather than logical reasoning., APPEAL TO AUTHORITY, Accepting a claim as true based on the authority's endorsement, without further evidence., STRAWMAN, Misrepresenting an argument to make it easier to attack., RED HERRING, Introducing an unrelated topic to divert attention from the main issue., BANDWAGON, Arguing something is true because it’s popular., ANECDOTAL, Using personal stories instead of evidence to support an argument., SLIPPERY SLOPE, Claiming one action will lead to extreme outcomes without proof., BEGGING THE QUESTION, An argument is assumed to be true with no evidence other than the argument itself., DOUBLE STANDARD, Judging situations by different standards, instead of using the same standards for all., BURDEN OF PROOF, Assuming that an argument is false or invalid because it has not been proven..

LOGICAL FALLACIES

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