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List of Fallacies[edit]

Informal Fallacies[edit]

Informal fallacy
Argumentum ad lapidem
Argument from ignorance
Ad nauseam
Argument from silence
Argument to moderation
Begging the question
Philosophical burden of proof
Circular reasoning
Correlation does not imply causation
Continuum fallacy
Correlative-based fallacies
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Suppressed correlative
Divine fallacy
Double counting (fallacy)
Equivocation
Fallacy of four terms
Ecological fallacy
Etymological fallacy
Fallacy of accent
Fallacy of composition
Fallacy of division
False attribution
Quoting out of context
Argument from authority
False dilemma
False equivalence
Loaded question
Fallacy of the single cause
Furtive fallacy
Gambler's fallacy
Historian's fallacy
Historical fallacy
Homunculus argument
If-by-whiskey
Incomplete comparison
Inconsistent comparison
Authorial intent
Ignoratio elenchi
Kettle logic
Ludic fallacy
McNamara fallacy
Moralistic fallacy
Moving the goalposts
Naturalistic fallacy
Nirvana fallacy
Proof by assertion
Proof by intimidation
Prosecutor's fallacy
Proving too much
Psychologist's fallacy
Red herring
Direct reference theory
Regression fallacy
Reification (fallacy)
Retrospective determinism
Special pleading
Wrong direction