Name a logical fallacy

Aug 26, 2026Daily Dive #42Question 4

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Ignoratio elenchi

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Accident fallacy
Ad hoc rescue
Affirming a disjunct

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Anecdotal fallacy
Appeal to consequences
Appeal to fear

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Ignoratio elenchiAristotle catalogued this Latin name for missing the point entirely.One in a Krillion · 100
Accident fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Ad hoc rescueDeep Cut · 85
Affirming a disjunctDeep Cut · 85
Affirming the consequentDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to accomplishmentDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to flatteryDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to motiveDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to povertyDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to probabilityDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to ridiculeDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to spiteDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to the stoneDeep Cut · 85
Appeal to wealthDeep Cut · 85
Argument from repetitionDeep Cut · 85
Argument from silenceDeep Cut · 85
Baconian fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Base rate fallacyDeep Cut · 85
BulverismDeep Cut · 85
Chronological snobberyDeep Cut · 85
Conjunction fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Continuum fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Courtier's replyDeep Cut · 85
Definitional retreatDeep Cut · 85
Denying a conjunctDeep Cut · 85
Denying the antecedentDeep Cut · 85
Division fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Doorman fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Double countingDeep Cut · 85
Ecological fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Etymological fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Exclusive premisesDeep Cut · 85
Existential fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Fallacy of accentDeep Cut · 85
Fallacy of four termsDeep Cut · 85
Fallacy of relative privationDeep Cut · 85
Fallacy of the single causeDeep Cut · 85
False attributionDeep Cut · 85
Furtive fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Galileo gambitDeep Cut · 85
Gish gallopNamed for creationist Duane Gish, who buried debate opponents in claims.Deep Cut · 85
Goomba fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Historian's fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Homunculus fallacyDeep Cut · 85
I'm entitled to my opinionDeep Cut · 85
If-by-whiskeyDeep Cut · 85
Ignoring a common causeDeep Cut · 85
Illicit majorDeep Cut · 85
Illicit minorDeep Cut · 85
Incomplete comparisonDeep Cut · 85
Inflation of conflictDeep Cut · 85
Inverse gambler's fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Invincible ignoranceDeep Cut · 85
Kettle logicDeep Cut · 85
Logic choppingDeep Cut · 85
Loki's wagerDeep Cut · 85
Ludic fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Lump of labour fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Magical thinkingDeep Cut · 85
Masked man fallacyDeep Cut · 85
McNamara fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Middle ground fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Mind projection fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Misleading vividnessDeep Cut · 85
Modal fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Moralistic fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Nirvana fallacyDeep Cut · 85
NutpickingDeep Cut · 85
Overwhelming exceptionDeep Cut · 85
Package deal fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Persuasive definitionDeep Cut · 85
Politician's syllogismDeep Cut · 85
Pooh-poohDeep Cut · 85
Proof by assertionDeep Cut · 85
Prosecutor's fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Proving too muchDeep Cut · 85
Psychologist's fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Regression fallacyDeep Cut · 85
ReificationDeep Cut · 85
Retrospective determinismDeep Cut · 85
Slothful inductionDeep Cut · 85
Special pleadingDeep Cut · 85
Style over substanceDeep Cut · 85
Suppressed correlativeDeep Cut · 85
Survivorship biasA bias by name, but Wikipedia's fallacy list claims it anyway.Deep Cut · 85
Texas sharpshooterDeep Cut · 85
Thought-terminating clichéDeep Cut · 85
Tone policingDeep Cut · 85
Traitorous critic fallacyDeep Cut · 85
Undistributed middleDeep Cut · 85
Wishful thinkingDeep Cut · 85
Wrong directionDeep Cut · 85
Anecdotal fallacyRare · 60
Appeal to consequencesRare · 60
Appeal to fearRare · 60
Appeal to forceRare · 60
Appeal to ignoranceRare · 60
Appeal to natureRare · 60
Appeal to noveltyRare · 60
Appeal to pityRare · 60
Appeal to traditionRare · 60
Association fallacyRare · 60
Composition fallacyRare · 60
Cum hoc ergo propter hocRare · 60
EquivocationRare · 60
False analogyRare · 60
False equivalenceRare · 60
Gambler's fallacyRare · 60
Genetic fallacyRare · 60
Hasty generalizationRare · 60
Loaded questionRare · 60
Motte and baileyRare · 60
Moving the goalpostsRare · 60
Naturalistic fallacyRare · 60
Non sequiturRare · 60
Personal incredulityRare · 60
Poisoning the wellRare · 60
Post hocRare · 60
Quoting out of contextRare · 60
Shifting the burden of proofRare · 60
Sunk cost fallacyRare · 60
Tu quoqueRare · 60
Two wrongs make a rightRare · 60
Appeal to authoritySchooler · 30
Appeal to emotionSchooler · 30
BandwagonSchooler · 30
Begging the questionSchooler · 30
Cherry pickingSchooler · 30
False dilemmaSchooler · 30
No true ScotsmanSchooler · 30
Red herringSchooler · 30
Fallacy fallacyAssuming a badly-argued conclusion must be false is itself fallacious.Too Clever · 15
Ad hominemPlankton · 10
Slippery slopePlankton · 10
StrawmanPlankton · 10

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