Category
page 1Genetic fallacies
ad hominem
fallacious argumentative strategy that avoids genuine discussion of the topic by instead attacking the character, motive etc. of the person(s) associated with the argument
argument from authority
a form of defeasible argument in which a claimed authority's support is used as evidence for an argument's conclusion
argumentum ad populum
fallacy of claiming that a proposition must be true because many or most people believe it
reductio ad Hitlerum
refutation of a view by comparing it to the Nazi Party
appeal to tradition
Logical Fallacy
appeal to nature
argument or rhetorical tactic in which it is proposed that a thing is good because it is “natural”, or bad because it is “unnatural”
appeal to novelty
fallacy in which someone prematurely claims that an idea or proposal is correct or superior, exclusively because it is new and modern
genetic fallacy
fallacy of irrelevance that is based solely on someone's or something's history, origin, or source rather than its current meaning or context
Argumentum ad lazarum
informal fallacy linking wisdom to poverty
poisoning the well
type of logical fallacy
Ipse dixit
assertion without proof
Argumentum ad crumenam
Informal fallacy linking wisdom to wealth, income and success
association fallacy
informal inductive fallacy of the hasty-generalization or red-herring type
Argumentum ad lapidem
logical fallacy
Sippenhaft
Sippenhaft or Sippenhaftung (, kin liability) is a German term for the idea that a family or clan shares the responsibility for a crime or act committed by one of its members, justifying collective punishment. As a legal principle, it was derived from Germanic law in the Middle Ages, usually in the form of fines and compensations. It was adopted by Nazi Germany to justify the punishment of kin (relatives, spouse) for the offence of a family member. Punishment often involved imprisonment and execution, and was applied to relatives of the conspirators of the failed 1944 bomb plot to assassinate
appeal to motive
a pattern of argument which consists in challenging a thesis by calling into question the motives of its proposer
etymological fallacy
genetic fallacy that holds that the present-day meaning of a word or phrase should necessarily be similar to its historical meaning
argumentum ad personam
attacking an opponent's inherent identity rather than their arguments
Ergo decedo
Logical fallacy
appeal to accomplishment
informal fallacy