Appeal to Flattery
Using compliments and praises in order to cloud judgement.
Entries by Tom Waters
Appeal to Fear
Applying fear tactics in order to scare people away or drive them toward an ideal.
Argument from Consequences
Ignoring the truth if the consequence of its validity means a negative outcome.
Appeal to Emotion
Appealing to decisions based on the personal emotional consequences rather than logical ones.
Wrong Direction Fallacy
Mistaking an effect for a cause.
Gambler’s Fallacy
Assuming the probability of an outcome is affected by previous outcomes.
Willful Ignorance
Denying the truth by ignoring its existence.
Illusory Correlation
Assuming that because two things are changing at the same time, one is causing the change of the other.
Argument from Silence
Reading into silence as meaningful.
Toupee Fallacy
You do not know what you don’t know. A well designed trick will make you none-the-wiser to its existence.