On July 27th I began a series on common logical fallacies. Each entry provides a brief description and a couple of examples. Here are all the posts:
Fallacies of irrelevant conclusion
- Argument to the person, 27 July 2019.
- Argument to popularity, 27 July 2019.
- Argument to ignorance, 28 July 2019.
- Argument to pity, 28 July 2019.
- Argument to awe, 2 August 2019.
- Argument to force, 2 August 2019.
- Red herring, 4 August 2019.
Material fallacies
- Argument by accident (overgeneralizing), 5 August 2019.
- Converse accident (hasty generalization), 5 August 2019.
- Begging the question, 6 August 2019.
- Circular reasoning, 6 August 2019.
- False cause: post hoc reasoning, 8 August 2019.
- False cause: reduction to the absurd, 8 August 2019.
- Complex question, 17 August 2019.
- Non sequitur, 23 August 2019.
I'll update this list as I post new examples.
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