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genetic fallacy

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fallacy of irrelevance that is based solely on someone's or something's history, origin, or source rather than its current meaning or context

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irrelevant conclusion

anecdotal evidence

not invented here

association fallacy

International Standard Book Number

digital object identifier

propositional calculus

Mortimer J. Adler

straw man argument

argument from authority

Categories

Genetic fallacies Relevance fallacies

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Glossary of literary terms

not invented here

special pleading

McNamara fallacy

proof by example

Appeal to the law

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

in-group favoritism

appeal to consequences

a dicto simpliciter

Moralistic fallacy

moving the goalposts

poisoning the well

apples and oranges

appeal to emotion

false attribution

argument from analogy

Package-deal fallacy

appeal to probability

chronological snobbery