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Types of Fallacies - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Gains support based on popularity, not evidence.
    - - Evokes emotions to gain acceptance, not based on reason.
    - - Introduces irrelevant information to distract.
    - - Misrepresents opponent's argument to attack it easily.
    - - Attacks the characteristics of the person making the argument, not the argument itself.
    - - Uses threats or intimidation to gain acceptance.
    - - Conclusion doesn't address the main point.
- - - - Lack of evidence for something not existing is taken as evidence for its non-existence.
    - - Source lacks relevant expertise to support the claim.
    - - Assumes one event caused another without sufficient evidence.
    - - Draws conclusions from a small or unrepresentative sample.
- - - - Applies a general rule to a specific case where it doesn't hold true due to exceptional circumstances.
    - - Phrases a question in a way that assumes a specific answer is true.
    - - Assumes the truth of the conclusion within
- - - - Uses the same word or phrase with different meanings within the argument
    - - Ambiguous sentence structure creates confusion.
    - - Shifts emphasis within a sentence to change meaning.
    - - Assumes the properties of individual parts apply to the whole, which might not be true.
    - - Assumes the properties of the whole apply to individual parts, which might not be true.