28: 7 common logical fallacies

Published: Oct. 18, 2016, 6 a.m.

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Today we discuss 7 common logical fallacies:

1. Self-referential incoherence: A position that when applied to itself refutes itself.

2. Straw man: Refuting a weaker version of your opponents position)

3. Ad hominem (Against the man): Attacking the person making the argument instead of the argument.

4. Tu quoque ("You too"): Accusing your opponent of committing the same thing he is accusing you of.

5. Genetic fallacy: Refuting an argument because of how it originated.

6.\\xa0Ad baculum (Appeal to force): Appealing to force instead of reason.\\xa0

7.\\xa0Ad ignominiam (Appeal to shame): Appealing to shame instead of reason.

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