42 Logical Fallacies You Should Probably Know

[cybercoma]

At some point or another I think just about every poster on this forum has claimed their opponent has committed a logical fallacy. Sometimes we're using these claims correctly, other times not so much. Here is a great list of 41 Fallacies with simple, clear explanations.

Original Page: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/

Here are the links to the individual fallacies:

• Ad Hominem
  
• Ad Hominem Tu Quoque
  
• Appeal to Authority
  
• Appeal to Belief
  
• Appeal to Common Practice
  
• Appeal to Consequences of a Belief
  
• Appeal to Emotion
  
• Appeal to Fear
  
• Appeal to Flattery
  
• Appeal to Novelty
  
• Appeal to Pity
  
• Appeal to Popularity
  
• Appeal to Ridicule
  
• Appeal to Spite
  
• Appeal to Tradition
  
• Bandwagon
  
• Begging the Question
  
• Biased Sample
  
• Burden of Proof
  
• Circumstantial Ad Hominem
  
• Composition
  
• Confusing Cause and Effect
  
• Division
  
• False Dilemma
  
• Gambler's Fallacy
  
• Genetic Fallacy
  
• Guilt By Association
  
• Hasty Generalization
  
• Ignoring A Common Cause
  
• Middle Ground
  
• Misleading Vividness
  
• Personal Attack
  
• Poisoning the Well
  
• Post Hoc
  
• Questionable Cause
  
• Red Herring
  
• Relativist Fallacy
  
• Slippery Slope
  
• Special Pleading
  
• Spotlight
  
• Straw Man
  
• Two Wrongs Make A Right
  

[The_Squid]

Good stuff!