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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