What Makes a Fallacy
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A fallacy is a pattern of reasoning that tends to persuade despite failing to support its conclusion. Recurrent, seductive, and wrong — all three.
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One bad argument is a mistake. A pattern of persuasive mistakes earns a name.
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"Fallacy" is a verdict about support, not about the conclusion's truth. Fallacious arguments can have true conclusions — supported by nothing.
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- 377 Formal vs. Informal Fallacies
- 378 Ad Hominem, Abusive
- 381 Appeal to Force
- 383 Appeal to the People
- 384 Appeal to Unqualified Authority
- 385 Appeal to Ignorance
- 386 Hasty Generalization
- 387 Accident
- 389 False Cause
- 391 Weak Analogy
- 392 Begging the Question
- 394 False Dichotomy
- 395 Suppressed Evidence
- 396 Equivocation
- 398 Composition
- 400 Straw Man
- 404 Special Pleading
- 407 A Method for Fallacy Identification