Logical Fallacy Project

Fallacies are common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument. Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim.




Red Herring 

Ad Hominem

Non Sequitur

Begging the Question

Ad Verecundium

My Own Examples:

• Slippery Slope: If we let the churches allow gay marriage, then we are going to loose the meaning of a traditional marriage.
• Ad Populum/Bandwagon: Since everyone parties on the weekend, I am going to party too.
• Confusing Cause and Effect: Since my roommate leaves the door unlocked all the time, then that means she wants our stuff to get stolen.
• Either/or: Either you are a feminist or you are a misogynistic asshole (not the definition of feminism, this is misandry).
• Straw Man: Oh you are pro-life? Then you want the population to overpopulate and make the earth die even more?