Informal Fallacy

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Contents 1 Explanation 2 Category 3 Subfallacies 4 Twin Fallacy 5 External Links 6 Examples in creationist arguments

Explanation

Any fallacy depending on the content of the argument instead of the logical structure.

Category

• Fallacy

Subfallacies

Bruce Thompson categorizes informal fallacies in a 2x3 matrix:

• Deductive Fallacy
• Inductive Fallacy
• Retroductive Fallacy

• Fallacy of Circularity
• Fallacy of Soundness

Here are some categories from the now-defunct Anti-Mormon Illogic page:

• Fallacy based on faulty or unwarranted premises
• Fallacy based on insufficient or ambiguous information
• Fallacy based on irrelevant information, issue avoidance, or distractions
• Fallacy based on misleading or errant information, or faulty conceptualizing
• Fallacy based on the absence of information

Here are some informal fallacies that still have to be categorized more exactly:

• Barnum Effect
• Complex Hypothesis Fallacy
• Conceptual Fallacy
• Concorde Fallacy
• Correlative based fallacy
• Fallacy of Authority
• Fallacy of Definition
• Fallacy of Presumption
• Floating Abstraction
• Greyness Fallacy
• Identification
• Misuse of Words
• Null Value
• Pretentious Antecedent
• Selective Thinking
• Self-Deception
• Shoehorning
• Subjectivist

Twin Fallacy

• Formal Fallacy

External Links

• Fallacy Files [1]
• Bruce Thompson [2] [3]

Examples in creationist arguments

See also the examples in the subfallacies.