List of mistakes
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List of mistakes you can make when trying to find out things. To avoid them, use the scientific method.
Of course, committing such a mistake doesn't mean your worldview is wrong. So, pointing out creationist mistakes doesn't disprove Creationism. But Creationism is entirely built on nothing but mistakes, as you can see when you scan the list of creationist arguments.
Mistakes in theorizing:
Mistakes in experimental setup:
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Mistakes in writing articles or books:
- quote-mining
- No peer review
- ...
Fallacies: Mistakes you can make when arguing a point (external links are to the Data Nation encyclopedia of fallacies):
- False Dilemma [1]
- Argument from Ignorance [2]
- Slippery Slope [3]
- Complex Question [4]
- Appeal to Force [5]
- Appeal to Pity [6]
- Appeal to Consequences [7]
- Prejudicial Language [8]
- Appeal to Popularity [9]
- Attacking the Person [10]
- Appeal to Authority [11]
- Anonymous Authorities [12]
- Style over Substance [13]
- Hasty Generalization [14]
- Unrepresentative Sample [15]
- False Analogy [16]
- Slothful Induction [17]
- Exclusion [18]
- Accident [19]
- Converse Accident [20]
- Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc [21]
- Joint Effect [22]
- Genuine But Insignificant Cause [23]
- Wrong Direction of Cause and Effect [24]
- Complex Cause [25]
- Begging the Question [26]
- Irrelevant Conclusion [27]
- Straw Man [28]
- Equivocation [29]
- Amphiboly [30]
- Accent [31]
- Composition [32]
- Division [33]
- Affirming the Consequent [34]
- Denying the Antecedent [35]
- Inconsistency [36]
- Four Terms [37]
- Undistributed Middle [38]
- Illicit Major [39]
- Illicit Minor [40]
- Exclusion [41]
- Drawing an Affirmative Conclusion From a Negative Premise [42]
- Existential Fallacy [43]
- Subverted Support [44]
- Non-Support [45]
- Untestability [46]
- Limited Scope [47]
- Limited Depth [48]
- Too Broad [49]
- Too Narrow [50]
- Failure to Elucidate [51]
- Circular Definition [52]
- Conflicting Conditions [53]
Common factual errors:
- See: List of creationist arguments
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This page is part of the EvoWiki encyclopedia of fallacies. |
