Faulty Comparison Summary
(also known as: bad comparison, false comparison, inconsistent comparison [form of]) Description: Co…
In philosophy, a formal fallacy, deductive fallacy, logical fallacy or non sequitur is a pattern of reasoning rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can neatly be expressed in a standard logic system, for example propositional logic. It is defined as a deductive argument that is invalid.
People sometimes confuse cognitive biases with logical fallacies, but the two are not the same. A logical fallacy stems from an error in a logical argument, while a cognitive bias is rooted in thought processing errors often arising from problems with memory, attention, attribution, and other mental mistakes.
(also known as: bad comparison, false comparison, inconsistent comparison [form of]) Description: Co…
Description: Offering a bizarre (far-fetched) hypothesis as the correct explanation without first ru…
Description: Confusing subjective experiences, usually very emotionally charged, with objective real…
Description: An argument or claim in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically …
Description: Claiming that the cause is true or false based on what we know about the effect in a cl…
The fallacy of abusive analogy is a highly specialized version of the ad hominem argument. Instead o…
The fallacy of accent depends for its effectiveness on the fact that the meaning of statements can c…
The fallacy of accident supposes that the freak features of an exceptional case are enough to justif…
To those who confuse hopelessly the order of horses and carts, affirming the consequent is a fallacy…
Amphiboly is the fallacy of ambiguous construction. It occurs whenever the whole meaning of a statem…
The analogical fallacy consists of supposing that things which are similar in one respect must be si…