1. Fallacies of Argument
AKA
Logical Fallacies

2. What is a Fallacy?
Overview of Fallacies A mistaken belief based on unsound arguments

3. Oversimplification
An argument that implies that there is a single or simple solution to a complicated problem
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4. Red Herrings Have no relevant relationship to the argument at hand.
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5. Scare Tactics
When fear, not based on evidence or reason, is being used as the primary motivator to get others to accept an idea, proposition, or conclusion.
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6. Bandwagon (Ad Populum)
Everyone is doing it, so you should too.
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7. False Authority
Because a person is an authority in one field, it is presumed that s/he is an authority in an unrelated field.
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8. Ad Hominem
Attacking the character of the opponent rather than the argument itself.
SNL Point/Counterpoint

9. Hasty Generalization
A conclusion to an argument that is too quick and does not have sufficient evidence to back it up.
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10. Faulty Causality (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc)
After this, therefore also this
One thing does not always logically follow another.
“If I change my socks my favorite team will lose the championships.”
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11. Circular Logic
An argument that goes around the answer without really answering it.
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12. Slippery Slope (write this in your packet)
Suggestion that one step will lead to a series of steps, each more negative than the last.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
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13. Straw Man
The use of oversimplification to call attention away from the real issues.
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