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Cal State Fullerton: Common Fallacies in Reasoning

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This page from California State University at Fullerton list twenty-three common fallacies in reasoning. Each includes an explanation and two examples. The list includes the following: faulty cause, sweeping generalization, hasty generalization, faulty analogy, appeal to ignorance, bifurcation, false dilemma, faulty sign, damning the source, tu quoque, equivocation, begging the question, tautology, appeal to authority, appeal to tradition, appeal to the crowd, straw man, slippery slope, appealing to extremes, hypothesis contrary to fact, non sequitar, red herring, and inconsistency.

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