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Errors in logical reasoning and argumentation

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Aristotle

event 384 BC - 322 BC

Ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and polymath who founded the study of formal logic and identified key logical fallacies

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Ad Hominem Fallacy

A logical fallacy in which an argument is rejected or dismissed not by addressing its substance, but by attacking the character, motives, or person...

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Ad Personam Fallacy

A more directly personal variant of the ad hominem fallacy: the speaker is discredited outri...

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Correlation-Causation Fallacy

The error of concluding that because two variables move together, one must cause the other. A statistical correlation between two series (for examp...

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Equivocation Fallacy

A logical fallacy in which a single word or phrase is used with two different meanings at different points in an argument, so that the conclusion a...

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False Dilemma Fallacy

A logical fallacy that presents only two options as if they were the only possibilities, or as mutually exclusive, when in fact more options exist ...

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Hasty Generalization Fallacy

A logical fallacy that draws a broad, general conclusion from a sample that is too small, too narrow, or unrepresentative to support it. The move f...

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Non Sequitur Fallacy

A logical fallacy in which a conclusion is asserted that does not logically follow from the premises offered for it, even when those premises may t...

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Red Herring Fallacy

A rhetorical maneuver that redirects a discussion toward a secondary, tangential element (spelling, phrasing, tone, a minor detail) instead of answ...

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Strawman Fallacy

A logical fallacy in which someone misrepresents or distorts another person's argument, making it easier to attack. Instead of addressing the actua...

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