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Appeal to force
The use of threats or force in attempt to gain acceptance of a conclusion
Abusive
Attempting to deny the acceptance of a conclusion by discrediting the individual or source rather than the issue itself
Circumstantial
Attempting to gain acceptance for a conclusion due to special, inapplicable circumstances
Argument from ignorance
Attempting to gain acceptance for a conclusion due to lack of evidence against it
Appeal to pity
Attempting to gain acceptance for a conclusion due to inapplicable sympathy
Popular assent
Attempting to gain acceptance of a conclusion that is not supported by good evidence through the arousal of emotions
Appeal to authority
Attempting to gain acceptance for a conclusion on the basis of irrelevant authority
Accident
Attempting to gain acceptance for a conclusion by referencing a general rule without specific qualification
Hasty generalization
Attempting to gain acceptance of a generalization on the basis of a few instances that are not characteristic of the majority
False cause
The acceptance of a conclusion bases on an incorrect premiss
Begging the question
Using two unproven premisses as proof for each other
Complex question
An interrogative statement containing an unproven premiss
Irrelevant conclusion
The shifting of the acceptance of a conclusion to another conclusion where it is not relevant
Equivocation
Using an improper literal meaning of a word in an argument where that literal meaning is not applicable
Amphiboly
The use of an ambiguous premiss in the proof of a conclusion
Accent
Emphasis of certain words in a premiss that results in a change in the meaning of the premiss
Composition
Erroneously using individual meanings as proof for an entirety
Division
A false assumption that what is true of the whole is also true for all of its parts