| A | B |
|---|
| Argument ad populum "to the people" | concludes a proposition to be because many or most believe it? |
| attacking the opponent's character: Argument ad hominem ("to the man") | used in an attempt to direct attention away from |
| Universal statements | Often include words such as "always, never, all, everyone, everybody, none, and no one" |
| Hasty generalization (jumping to a conclusion) | Drawing a conclusion on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics |
| Slippery Slope | Once something starts, it must continue |
| Sweeping Generalization | When you apply a general rule to a specific one |
| Stacking the deck | Evidence for only one side of the case |
| Reductive Fallacy | When a writer uses a phrase which effectively limits diversity to one thing, through phrases like "nothing, but." |
| Straw person | Arguer distorts the opponents arguments and then attacks that distorted argument |
| Either/or fallacy (false dilemma) | Type of informal fallacy that involves a situation in which limited alternatives are considered |
| False analogy | The writer makes a comparison that is in some way misleading or incomplete |
| False analogy | The writer makes a comparison that is in some way misleading or incomplete |
| Either/or fallacy (false dilemma) | Type of informal fallacy that involves a situation in which limited alternatives are considered |
| Straw person | Arguer distorts the opponents arguments and then attacks that distorted argument |
| Reductive Fallacy | When a writer uses a phrase which effectively limits diversity to one thing, through phrases like "nothing, but." |
| Stacking the deck | Evidence for only one side of the case |
| Sweeping Generalization | When you apply a general rule to a specific one |
| Slippery Slope | Once something starts, it must continue |
| Hasty generalization (jumping to a conclusion) | Drawing a conclusion on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics |
| Universal statements | Often include words such as "always, never, all, everyone, everybody, none, and no one" |
| Attacking the opponent's character: Argument ad hominem ("to the man") | used in an attempt to direct attention away from |
| Argument ad populum ("to the people") | concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it |
