Logical Fallacies

There are 8.

1. Ad Hominem: attack on one’s character instead of the issue at hand

2. Red herring: shifting the focus by introducing something irrelevant to the issue at hand

3. Straw man: exaggerate or misrepresent the topic at hand to make it easier to refute

4. Slippery slope: claim that if we allow a starting point to happen, then a following sequence of events will definitely occur

5. False dilemma/dichotomy: claim that there are only two options in a scenario, usually two opposite options

6. Hasty generalization: making a statement while considering only a few examples, instead of using more extensive research to back up the claim

7. Appeal to authority: overstate or exaggerates the expertise of an authority figure

8. Begging the question: making a claim based on an assumption, but not providing any evidence of the assumption being true

These are my notes from the Wiser World podcast.