funtech64/LogicalFallacies

1{"name":"Reification","category":"Abstract Misuse","explanation":"Treats an abstract concept as if it were a concrete thing.\nTreating an abstract belief or hypothetical construct as if it were a concrete, real event or physical entity.\nWhen an abstraction is treated as if it were a concrete real event or physical entity.","example":"Justice demands we take action!"}2{"name":"Composition","category":"Ambiguity","explanation":"Assumes that what is true of the parts must be true of the whole.\nAssumes what's true of parts is true of the whole.\nAssuming that a whole has the same properties as its parts.","example":"Each component of the engine is lightweight, so the engine must be lightweight."}3{"name":"Faulty Comparison","category":"Analogy Errors","explanation":"Uses inappropriate comparisons to support a conclusion.","example":"Running a country is like managing a family budget."}4{"name":"Fallacy Fallacy","category":"Argument Evaluation","explanation":"Assumes a claim is false because it was poorly argued or contains a fallacy.","example":"They used a slippery slope, so their entire point must be wrong."}5{"name":"Appeal to Silence","category":"Argument from Lack","explanation":"Claims that silence or lack of evidence proves something.","example":"No one denied it, so it must be true."}6{"name":"Appeal to Celebrity","category":"Authority and Influence","explanation":"Uses a celebrity's opinion to support an argument.","example":"A famous actor endorses this product — it must be great."}7{"name":"Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc","category":"Causal Fallacies","explanation":"Assumes that because B followed A, A caused B.\nX followed Y, therefore X caused Y.","example":"I wore my lucky socks and we won — the socks did it!"}8{"name":"Suppressed Evidence","category":"Cherry Picking","explanation":"Ignores important facts that contradict an argument.","example":"This diet worked for one person — so it\u2019s great!"}