Rhetoric Dictionary

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DefinitionLengthSequence
accent-2518782
affirmative conclusion from a negative premise988621
affirming a disjunct598641
affirming the consequent318644
alternative syllogism208643
ambiguous middle708781
amphibology1638785
argument from ignorance868756
argumentum ad ignorantiam1188755
argumentum ad logicam2068680
asserting an alternative208642
asserting the consequent248645
bad reasons fallacy668682
begging the question888735
biased sample1328716
circular argument248732
circulus in demonstrando1348731
circulus in probando248733
commutation of conditionals368616
complex question978752
composition1648788
confusing cause and effect1128765
converse accident208715
converting a conditional278617
cum hoc ergo propter hoc2058762
denial of the antecedent378651
denying a conjunct388649
denying the antecedent248652
dicto simpliciter698711
division1608789
doublespeak128784
equivocation-2728783
exclusive premisses628623
existential fallacy1128661
fallacist's fallacy - fallacy fallacy218604
fallacy of accident438712
fallacy of ambiguity1928780
fallacy of emphasis or accent1608726
fallacy of presumption2178710
fallacy of significance898725
fallacy of the consequent278618
fallacy of the disjunctive syllogism188620
false analogy128743
false cause988761
false conversion908654
faulty analogy128741
formal fallacy1988601
four-term fallacy1538631
gambler's fallacy1428770
hasty generalisation1128714
ignoratio elenchi468758
ignoring a common cause1548766
illicit conversion168636
illicit major1218626
illicit minor1208628
illicit negative - affirmative878629
illicit process of the major1218625
illicit process of the minor1208627
illicit quantifier shift1018663
illicit substitution of identicals958675
improper disjunctive syllogism288634
improper transposition448653
informal fallacy2308700
irrelevant thesis318757
loaded question168753
logical fallacy378600
many questions678751
misleading vividness1378718
Monte Carlo fallacy178771
negating antecedent and consequent228654
negative conclusion from affirmative premisses308622
non causa pro causa118760
non sequitur1388602
petitio principii2178730
plurium interrogationum148750
post hoc848764
post hoc ergo propter hoc1268763
propositional fallacy498640
quantificational fallacy528660
quantifier-shift fallacy248664
quaternio terminorum178630
questionable analogy128742
questionable cause1188767
question-begging analogy1218736
red herring798790
regression - regressive fallacy978772
scope fallacy1508786
some are - some are not428665
spotlight1698719
sweeping generalisation438713
syllogistic fallacy498620
Texas Sharpshooter fallacy1568773
two negative premisses198624
undistributed middle928633
unrepresentative sample138717
unwarranted contrast238666
vagueness1218787
vicious circle208734
Volvo fallacy1948720
weak analogy1048740