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fallacy
A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument that may appear to be well-reasoned if unnoticed. The term was introduced in the Western intellectual tradition by the Aristotelian De Sophisticis Elenchis.
confirmation bias
tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses
begging the question
type of fallacy, where a proposition is assumed as a premise, which itself needs a proof and directly entails the conclusion
appeal to tradition
Logical Fallacy
Abilene paradox
social phenomenon in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of many or all of the individuals in the group
hindsight bias
tendency to perceive past events as more predictable than they actually were at the time
false equivalence
logical fallacy of inconsistency
list of fallacies
Wikimedia list article
informal fallacy
form of incorrect argument in natural language
straw feminism
practice in which a distorted or fabricated version of feminism is used in an attempt to mock or dismiss feminist arguments
self-evidence
In epistemology (theory of knowledge), a self-evident proposition is a proposition that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof, and/or by ordinary human reason.
Appeal to the law
type of logical fallacy