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- Ad HominemAttacking the person making an argument instead of the argument itself.
- Appeal to EmotionManipulating feelings in place of a valid reason to accept a conclusion.
- Appeal to ForceUsing threats or pressure, rather than reasons, to make someone accept a conclusion.
- Appeal to TraditionTreating something as correct simply because it's how things have always been done.
- BandwagonClaiming something is true or right because many people believe or do it.
- Genetic FallacyJudging a claim as good or bad based on its origin rather than its actual merits.
- Red HerringDiverting attention to an irrelevant topic to distract from the issue at hand.
- Straw ManMisrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
- Sunk Cost FallacyContinuing something because of resources already spent rather than its future value.
- The Fallacy FallacyAssuming a claim must be false just because the argument for it was flawed.
- Tu QuoqueDeflecting criticism by accusing the critic of the same fault instead of answering it.