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Abstraction
Abuse of Etymology
Accent
Accident
Affirmation of the Consequent
Affirmative Conclusion...
...from a Negative Premiss
Affirming a Disjunct
Affirming One Disjunct
Affirming the Consequent
Fallacy of the Alternative Syllogism
Ambiguity
Ambiguous Middle
Amphiboly
Amphibology
Anecdotal Fallacy
Argument by Consensus
Appeal to / Argument from...
...Authority
...Celebrity
...Consequences
...Emotion
...Envy
...Fear
...Force
...Hatred
...Ignorance
...Nature
...Pity
...Popularity
...Pride
Argumentum ad...
...Baculum
...Consequentiam
...Hominem
...Ignorantiam
...Invidiam
...Logicam
...Metum
...Misericordiam
...Naturam
...Nazium
...Odium
...Populum
...Superbiam
...Verecundiam
Asserting an Alternative
Authority of the Many
Bad Company Fallacy
Bad Reasons Fallacy
Bandwagon Fallacy
Base Rate Fallacy
Beard, Argument/Fallacy of the
Begging the Question
Biased Sample
Bifurcation
Black-and-White Fallacy
Black-or-White Fallacy
Card Stacking
Circular Argument
Circulus in Probando
Commutation of Conditionals
Company that You Keep Fallacy
Complex Question
Composition
Conjunction Effect
Conjunction Fallacy
Consequent, Fallacy of the
Continuum, Fallacy of the
Converse Accident
Converting a Conditional
Cum Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Dangling Comparative
Denial of the Antecedent
Denying a Conjunct
Denying the Antecedent
Dicto Simpliciter
Disjunctive Syllogism, Fallacy of
Division
Doublespeak
Either/Or Fallacy
Emotional Appeal
Equivocation
Etymological Fallacy
Exclusive Premisses
Existential Fallacy
Existential Assumption, Fallacy of
Fake Precision
Fallacist's Fallacy
Fallacy Fallacy
Fallacy of the Sheep
False...
...Analogy
...Cause
...Conversion
...Dilemma
...Precision
Faulty Analogy
Formal Fallacy
Four-Term Fallacy
Gambler's Fallacy
Genetic Fallacy
Guilt by Association
Hanging Comparative
Hasty Generalization
Heap, Fallacy of the
Hitler Card
Hot Hand Fallacy
Ignoratio Elenchi
Ignoring the Counterevidence
Illicit...
...Contraposition
...Conversion
...Major
...Minor
...Negative/Affirmative
...Process
...Process of the Major
...Process of the Minor
...Quantifier Shift
...Substitution of Identicals
Improper...
...Disjunctive Syllogism
...Transposition
Independence Fallacy
Informal Fallacy
Ipse Dixit
Irrelevant Thesis
Irrelevant Emotional Appeal
Loaded...
...Language/Words
...Question
Logical Fallacy
Lottery Fallacy
Many Questions
Masked Man Fallacy
Misplaced Precision
Misleading Appeal to Authority
Modal Fallacy
Modal Scope Fallacy
Monte Carlo Fallacy
Multiple Comparisons Fallacy
Naturalistic Fallacy
Negating Antecedent & Consequent
Negative Conclusion...
...from Affirmative Premisses
Neglecting Base Rates
No-True-Scotsman Move/Ploy
Non Causa Pro Causa
One-Sided Assessment
One-Sidedness
Over-...
...Extrapolation
...Generality
...Precision
Personal Attack
Petitio Principii
Plurium Interrogationum
Poisoning the Well
Post Hoc
Probabilistic Fallacy
Propositional Fallacy
Quantificational Fallacy
Quantifier Shift
Quaternio Terminorum
Question-Begging...
...Analogy
...Epithets
Questionable Analogy
Quoting Out of Context
Redefinition
Red Herring
Regression Fallacy
Regressive Fallacy
Scope Fallacy
Slanting
Slippery Slope
Some Are/Some Are Not
Special Pleading
Spurious Accuracy
Straw Man
Suppressed Evidence
Sweeping Generalization
Syllogistic Fallacy
Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
Transposition, Improper
Tu Quoque
Two Negative Premisses
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Uncritical Extrapolation
Undistributed Middle
Unrepresentative Sample
Unwarranted Contrast
Vagueness
Vicious Circle
Volvo Fallacy
Weak Analogy
Wishful Thinking