Logical fallacies

Connections List
 * Slippery slope fallacy
 * Is-ought fallacy
 * Reason, logic

Many but certainly not all of these are in the dictionary

ad hominem (to the man) - attacking the person making the argument, not their qualifications or argument ad ignorantiam (appeal to ignorance) - because it hasn't been proven false ad misericordiam (appeal to pity) - so you have to teat me special! Used more for action rather than factual arguments ad populum (to the people) - everyone believes / is doing it affirming the consequent - if p then q, q, therefore p. Overlooks alternatives argumentum ad logicam - if p then q, p is fallacious therefore not q denying the antecedent - if p then q, not p, therefore not q. Overlooks alternatives. circular argument - using your conclusion as a premise of your argument complex question - 'have you stopped beating your wife?'. Not allowing alternatives. equivocation - using different meanins of a term in different parts of the argument false cause - any questionable conclusion about causes and effects false dilemma - overlooking alternatives in a dilemma Moralistic fallacy - because something ought to be, it is (Nathan accepts this, given some definitional clarity. Use of "ought", outght now vs ought future, now but not yet, uncertainty about ought, fiat, etc) Naturalistic fallacy - facts can be found objectively (Nathan is uncertain whether this is true) non sequitor - using an invalid argument where the conclusion does not logically follow overgeneralization - assuming all or most members of a population are like the ones you're considering overspecification - assuming an individual of a population has the typical traits of the population overlooking alternatives - using in many logical fallacies persuasive definition - defining terms in a way that supports a view petitio principii (begging the question) - assuming your conclusion as a functional part of your argument poisoning the well - making a view sound terrible even before mentioning it post hoc, ergo propter hoc - assuming a cause simply because it came before the effect red herring - introducing uncausally related material to distract, usually emotionally charged subjects straw man - modifying the opposing argument to an easily-refutable form

This group from Hovec (MSOE strategic management) provincialism - only using one's own personal or societal experience suppressed evidence - not telling the whole story testimonial - based on authority alone /what aught to be/ - arguing from what ought to be wishful thinking - just that, wishful thinking, exceeding optimism self-deception - mostly arising from optimism bandwagon - everyone does it partriotic appeal - based on national pride scare tactics - self explanatory