Informal Fallacies

1. Fallacies of Presumption

1.1. Overlooiking the Facts

1.2. Sweeping Generalization

1.3. Hasty Generalization

1.4. Bifurcation

1.5. Begging the Question

1.6. Question-Begging Epithets

1.7. Complex Question

1.8. Special Pleading

1.9. Distorting the Facts

1.10. False Analogy

1.11. False Cause

1.12. Slippery Slope

1.13. Irrelevant Thesis

2. Fallacies of Ambiguity

2.1. Equivocation

2.2. Amphiboly

2.3. Accent

2.4. Hypostatization

2.5. Division and Composition

3. Fallacies of Relevance

3.1. Personal Attack

3.1.1. Genetic Fallacy

3.1.2. Abusive ad Hominem

3.1.3. Circumstantial ad Hominem

3.1.4. Tu Quoque

3.1.5. Poisoning the Well

3.2. Mob Appeal

3.3. Appeal to Pity

3.4. Appeal to Authority

3.4.1. Authority of the One

3.4.2. Authority of the Many

3.4.3. Authority of the Select Few

3.4.4. Authority of Tradition

3.5. Appeal to Ignorance

3.6. Appeal to Fear