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Inductive Fallacies Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Defining Fallacies

Reasoning:
Judgment:
Inference:
Ration­ality:
Truth:
Justif­ica­tion:
Fallacy:
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Deductive vs. Inductive

Deductive Fallacy:
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Inductive Fallacy:
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Formal vs. Informal

Formal Fallacies:
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Informal Fallacies:
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Recogn­izing Fallacies

 

Avoiding Fallacies

 
 

Fallacies of Relevance

Ad Hominem:
Abusive:
Circum­sta­ntial:
Tu Quoque:
Appeal to Force:
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Appeal to Pity:
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Appeal to People:
Direct:
Indirect:
Red Herring:
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Straw Man:
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Accident:
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Missing the Point:
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Psycho­logical salience but logical irrele­vance

Fallacies of Evidence

Appeal to Ignorance:
Absence of Evidence:
Unqual­ified Authority:
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False Cause:
Gambler's Fallacy:
Non Causa Pro Causa:
Oversi­mpl­ifi­cation:
Post Hoc, Propter Hoc:
Weak Analogy:
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Hasty Genera­liz­ation:
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Slippery Slope:
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Logical rele­vance but inadequate evidence
 

Fallacies of Signif­icance

Begging the Question: [...]
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Complex Question: [...]
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False Dichotomy: [...]
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Suppressed Evidence: [...]
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Amphiboly: [...]
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Equivo­cation: [...]
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Compos­ition: [...]
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Division: [...]
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Errors of Assimi­lation: [...]
Errors of Presup­pos­ition: [...]