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Fallacy of Insufficient Evidence (Inappropriate Appeal to Authority…
Fallacy of Insufficient Evidence
Inappropriate Appeal to Authority
Citing a witness or authority that is untrustworthy
Weak Analogy
Comparing things that are not really comparable
Questionable Cause
• Claiming without sufficient evidence, that one thing is the cause of something else
The mere correlation fallacy
Oversimplified cause fallacy
The post hoc fallacy
False Alternatives
Posing a false either/or choice
Slippery Slope
• Claiming, without sufficient evidence, that a seemingly harmless action, if taken, will lead to a disastrous outcome
Hasty Generalization
• Drawing a general conclusion from a sample that is biased or too small
Loaded Question
Posing a question that contains an unfair or unwarranted presupposition
Inconsistency
Asserting inconsistent or contradictory claims
Appeal to ignorance
Claiming that something is true because no one has proven it false or vice versa