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relevance Fallacies #7

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relevance Fallacies:

  • argumentum ad lapidem ≍ “appeal to the stone”
  • invincible ignorance ≍ “pigheadedness”
  • argumentum ad ignorantiam ≍ “argument from ignorance”
  • argument from incredulity
  • argumentum ad nauseam ≍ argumentum ad infinitum ≍ “argument from repetition”
  • argumentum ex silentio ≍ “argument from silence”
  • ignorantio elenchi ≍ “irrelevant conclusion, missing the point”

“red-herring” style “fake arguments” fallacies:

  • red-herring
  • Chewbacca defense
  • Ad Hominem
  • circumstantial ad hominem
  • poisoning the well
  • appeal to motive
  • tone-policing
  • ergo decedo ≍ “traitorous critic fallacy”
  • guilt by association fallacy
  • argumentum ad verecundiam ≍ “appeal to authority”
  • appeal to accomplishment
  • Courtier’s reply
  • argumentum ad consequentiam ≍ “appeal to consequences”
  • reductio ad ridiculum ≍ ad absurdum ≍ “appeal to ridicule”
  • appeal to spite
  • judgemental language
  • pooh-pooh
  • style over substance ≍ “rhyme as ‘reason’ effect”
  • wishful thinking
  • naturalistic fallacy ≍ “appeal to nature”
  • argumentum novitatis ≍ “argument to novelty”
  • argumentum ad antiquitatis ≍ “appeal to durational traditions”
  • argumentum ad antiquitatem ≍ “appeal to long held traditional beliefs”
  • argumentum ad Lazarum ≍ “appeal to poverty”
  • argumentum ad crumenam ≍ “appeal to wealth”
  • argumentum ad baculum ≍ “appeal to threat/force/stick”
  • argumentum ad populum ≍ “appeal to widespread belief”
  • association fallacy (guilt or honor by association
  • logic-chopping fallacy (nit-picking, trivial objections)
  • ipse dixit ≍ “bare assertion” fallacy
  • Bulverism (psychogenetic fallacy)
  • Chronological snobbery
  • relative privation fallacy ≍ fallacy of “worse problems” or “First-World problems”
  • Genetic fallacy
  • “I’m entitled to my opinion” fallacy
  • Moralistic fallacy
  • is-ought fallacy
  • Straw-Man fallacy
  • Texas sharpshooter fallacy
  • Tu Quoque ≍ “You Too” ≍ “whataboutism” fallacy
  • two wrongs make a right
  • vacuous truth

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