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| Valid reasoning for justified premises that include all relevant information |
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| Inferring from what we already know or believe - to something else; the conclusion is reached by reasoning |
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| A premise or set of premises that is non-contradictory, and necessarily true. |
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| An argument containing 3 categorical propositions, two premises and a conclusion. FIGURE OUT OTHER PART BEFORE FINAL |
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| A statement or set of statements that is false or inconsistent. |
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| Reasoning that is not cogent because it suppresses evidence, contains a questionable premise, or is invalid. |
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| Accepting a less than believable premise or other statement. |
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| Accepting the words of authority ( alleged or genuine) when one should not. |
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| A contradiction, false statements or set of statements that contradict. |
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| Drawing a conclusion not sufficiently supported by evidence. |
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| A dilemma that can be shown false because of a false premise or because a third alternative can be shown. |
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| A fallacy of leaving out relevant evidence that argues against your beliefs. |
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| Assuming the opposite of the conclusion as a premise, leading to a conclusion that is false or contradictory, thus justifying the acceptance of the original conclusion. |
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| An attack on the opponent as opposed to the opponents argument. |
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| A fallacy in which the issue is usually intentionally avoided while appearing not to. |
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| An argument in which the conclusion must be true assuming the premises are true. |
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| A conclusion that does not follow logically from a given premise. |
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| Mistakenly reasoning from two alternatives, one claimed to be bad, therefore avoided, so we ought to choose the other one in particular when there is another reasonable option. |
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| Failing to bring relevant information to the argument. |
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| Correct reasoning that a pattern experienced so far will continue into the future. |
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| A token gesture mistaken for the real thing |
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| Using the conclusion we are trying to prove as a premise or part of premise. |
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| Using the same word twice with different meanings as to confuse the issue. |
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| Fallacious form of reasoning in which an opponents position or product is misrepresented, or purposely attacking a opponents weak argument as opposed to a stronger one. |
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| Believing something to be true because there is no good evidence to prove it false. |
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