| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Red Herring | an irrelevant line of reasoning is intentionally used to divert people away from the topic at hand. |
| Bifurcation | fallacy that involves the presentation of either/or situation having more than two options |
| Hasty Generalization | statistical study is used as the basis for inference, but the sample size is to small or atypical. |
| Straw Man | an opponent's position as so extreme that it's indefensible, the speaker's own position is offered as the better alternative. |
| Petitio Principii | involves circular reasoning, whereby the speaker assumen what she or he is trying to prove, the conclusion is drawn on the basis of evidence containing a restatement of the conclusion. |
| Post Hoc | "a causes b" on the basis of "a" happening before "b", the fact that events occurs before another does not mean that they are causally related. |
| Slippery Slope | an argument against something on the basis that, if it is allowed, will lead to something worse, which leads to something even worse and so on... down a slippery slope, connestion is incorrectly assumed. |
| False Analogy | an inference restion on a comparison between two having no real similarities, other than trivial ones. |
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