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Informal Fallacy
What is it?
The notion of Informal fallacy refers to the logical fallacy in which it targets the argument and resoning towards its content and context rather than its form.
Informal fallacies include
-Not a Cause for a Cause (Slippery Slope)
Arguments from Consequences
Appeal to Irrelevant Authority
Ad Homlenem
Appeal to Hypocrisy
Appeal to the Bandwagon
Guilt by Association
Emotional Appeal
Appeal to Fear
-Begging the Question Fallacy (Circular Reasoning)
-Unwaranted Assumption (Composition and Division)
-Weak Analogy
Unrepresentative Sample
-Fallacy of missing data
Appeal to Ignorance
-Ambiguity
Equivocation
Equivocation-Redefinition
No True Scotsman
-Cause Fallacy
Not a Cause for a Cause
-Unwarranted Assumption
False Dilemma
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