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.
Appeal to (Common) Belief
Making an argument that states something to be true because a group of people or the majority believe it to be true, is a fallacy called appeal to belief. It’s also known as argumentum ad populum, appeal to the people, and appeal to the majority. Logic form: A group of people/ many people believe X…
Appeal to Belief
Appeal to Authority
Anger
Ad Verecundiam
Appeal to Ridicule
Yet another red herring fallacy, the appeal to ridicule shifts the argument by using mockery. It occurs when the speaker tries to disprove the argument by making it sound like a joke. Its Latin name is reductio ad ridiculum, some call it an appeal to mockery as well. This type of argument is not used…