Logic Fallacies

2. Claims that since a proposition cannot be disproven, it must therefore be true
4. Distracts by making the audience want to be a part of the crowd
8. Distracts by playing on a person’s desire to feel special
9. Distracts the listener by saying an illegitimate authority and attempting to shame him into an agreement
10. Assumes that a rival’s recommendation should be discounted because the rival does not always follow it himself
11. Distracts by introducing a related but different issue and making a case for the new issue, not the original one
13. Distracts by measuring a plan or policy according to goals it wasn’t intended to achieve
14. Distracts by making the audience want to either be part of an old tradition or the latest cool new thing

1. An argument appealing to the emotion of pity
3. An arguement appealing to the emotion of fear
5. Arguments that distract by focusing attention on the source of the argument, rather than on the issue itself
6. Arguments that distract by focusing on the source of the argument, rather than on the issue itself
7. Arguments that try to discredit an opponent because of his background, affiliations, or self-interest in the matter at hand
12. Attempts to disprove an opponent’s position by presenting it in an unfair inaccurate light