Logic Fallacies and Appeals

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Across
  1. 6. Basing a generalization on inadequate evidence, like a small sample or one instance
  2. 7. There are only two choices
  3. 8. Attack on the arguer rather than the validity of the argument or the evidence
  4. 10. Rejecting criticisms on the ground that opponents or others are guilty of the same or worse conduct
  5. 11. Claiming that because two events happened at the same time, one is causing the other
  6. 12. Claiming that because one thing happened after another, that it was caused by the other
  7. 13. Popular ideas are necessarily right
  8. 14. Treating two words or expressions as if they were interchangeable even though their meanings are different
Down
  1. 1. Applying a generalization too broadly and not allowing for any exceptions
  2. 2. Relying on a claim in order to prove it
  3. 3. A version of the opponent's position, a misrepresented argument
  4. 4. Restating the claim in a different way and passing it off as a reason
  5. 5. One change will lead to another, usually to something bad or undesirable
  6. 9. Concealing a step in reasoning by tacitly shifting from one meaning of a word or expression to another