Library

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• Ambiguity
• Formal
• Presumption
• Relevance
• Weak induction

• Appeal to NatureAssuming something is good because it's natural (or bad because it's unnatural).
• Begging the QuestionAssuming the truth of the conclusion inside the premises meant to support it.
• Fallacy of AccidentRigidly applying a general rule to an exceptional case it was never meant to cover.
• False DilemmaPresenting only two options when more exist (also called black-or-white thinking).
• Loaded QuestionAsking a question that smuggles in an unproven assumption, so any direct answer concedes it.
• Middle GroundAssuming the truth must lie in a compromise between two opposing positions.
• Moralistic FallacyInferring what is from what ought to be — that because something should be so, it is so.
• Naturalistic FallacyInferring what ought to be from what is — that because something is the case, it's good.
• Nirvana FallacyRejecting a workable option because it isn't a flawless, ideal solution.
• No True ScotsmanDefending a generalization by redefining it on the fly to exclude any counterexample.
• Special PleadingApplying a rule to others but inventing an unjustified exception for your own case.