*Logical Fallacies in Formal Composition

Logical Fallacies in Formal Composition

1. PRETENDING YOUR OPPONENT’S WEAKEST ARGUMENT IS THEIR ONLY ONE

2. Son: “Can we get a pet dog?”

3. POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC

4. POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC

5. Arguing that there are only 2 possible positions: mine and something really, really bad.

6. Arguing that there are

7. Red Herring

8. Circular Reasoning

9. Circular Reasoning

10. Faulty Analogy

11. Faulty Analogy

12. Faulty Analogy

13. Appeal to False Authority

14. Hasty Generalization

15. Hasty Generalization

16. Bandwagon Appeal

17. Bandwagon Appeal