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| Concluding that an effect has only one cause when it is really the result of mutiple causes |
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| Making a judgment on the basis of one or even a few samples |
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| Overgenerlization (Stereotyping) |
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| Making a judgment about an entire group based on behavior, mostly undesirable, of a few from that group |
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| Arguing on the basis of a comparison of unrelated things |
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| Arguing against an action on the unsupported assertion that it will inevitably lead to a much worse condition |
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| Stating a genertal principle and then applying it ina specific case as though it were a universal rule |
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| Seeking to discredit a person's argument by attacking his personal character,Origin, Association, etc. |
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| Appeal to (false) Authority |
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| Appealing to the opinion of a person who agrees ith you because he is generally respected by the audience, but has no real authority on the topic at hand |
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| Claiming that something nis true simply because it cannot be disproved, or that something in untrue because it cannot be proved |
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| Justifying a course of actions because "everyone is doing it" |
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| Is/ought or Naturalitic Fallacy |
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| Concluding about the what things ought to be simply on the basis of how things are, or, are assumed to be |
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| Looking only for things that support our current ideas, and ignoring evidence that does not |
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| Oversimplifying a complex issue to make it appear that only two alternatives are possible () |
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| Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary issue, appealing to fear and pity |
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