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=== Formal Fallacies ===
=== Formal Fallacies ===
* Appeal to Probability - An argument that assumes something will happen because there is a chance that it will.
* Fallacy Fallacy - Concluding that an argument is false because it contains a logical fallacy.


=== Informal Fallacies ===
=== Informal Fallacies ===
* Ad Hominem - Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
* Ad Hominem - Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
* Appeal to the Stone - Dismissing a claim as absurd or foolish without explanation.
* Appeal to the Stone - Dismissing a claim as absurd or foolish without explanation.
== See Also ==
* [[Cognitive Bias]]
* [[List of Concepts]]
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Logical Fallacies are 'errors' in the logic in an argument that undermine the argument itself.

List of Logical Fallacies

Formal Fallacies

  • Appeal to Probability - An argument that assumes something will happen because there is a chance that it will.
  • Fallacy Fallacy - Concluding that an argument is false because it contains a logical fallacy.

Informal Fallacies

  • Ad Hominem - Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
  • Appeal to the Stone - Dismissing a claim as absurd or foolish without explanation.

See Also