Category: Relevance Fallacies
Relevance fallacies are informal fallacies that use a piece of evidence or an example that is not relevant to the argument that is to be demonstrated to be true.
Circumstantial Ad Hominem
Butterfly Logic
Bandwagon Fallacy
It’s best to look at the bandwagon fallacy as a variant of two other fallacies rather than as a distinct fallacy. More precisely, it’s an effect, the bandwagon effect that occurs when the appeal to popularity or the appeal to the people fallacy is made. What exactly is the bandwagon effect? It’s the product of…
Attack the Person
Argument from Ignorance
Appeal to Trust
Appeal to Tradition
Fallacies are common errors in reasoning that can lead to flawed arguments, faulty beliefs, and misguided actions. One of the most common fallacies is the “Appeal to Tradition”, which assumes that something is true or good just because it has been done or believed for a long time. In this article, we’ll explore what the…