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ad hominem (to the man) attacking someone's character or motives instead of attacking his or her position non sequitur (it does not follow) your conclusion does not follow from your premises arguing in a circle assuming as true what you are trying to prove is true self contradiction your statement invalidates itself red herring (the parent fallacy) changing the subject of an argument when you think you are losing it or have no evidence to back up your position straw man making a caricature of someone's position that is easy to refute argument from authority assuming that something is true only because people have believed it to be true for a long time argumentum ad populum assuming something is true or good just because a lot of people happen to believe it is true or good ambiguous terminology using a word or words in multiple ways