The Logical Fallacies

Ad Hominem
A person attack is an agrument based on the perceived failings of an
adversary rather than on the merits of the case.
example: Peter can't have followers because as the former chairman said, he's
unapproachable.
Ad Misericordiam
An argrument that involves an irrelevant or highly exaggerated appeal
to pity or sympathy.
example: "I'm positive that my work will meet your requirements. I really need
the job since my grandmother is sick"
Bandwagon
An argrument based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority
is always valid: everyone believed it, so you should, too.
example: " C'mon, friend, everybody's doin't it"
Begging the Question
This agument known as a circular agrument does not give importance to
what it's suppoed to prove; in other words, the agrument takes for granted what
it's supposed to prove.
example: "I can't believe people eat dog. That's just plain gross. Why? Because
it's a dog, of course. How could someone eat a dog?"
False Dilemma
This fallacy which is sometimes called the " either-or fallacy" resorts
to oversimplication. It is an argrument based on only two alternatives when in fact
additional options are available.
example: "you're either for me or you're against me"
Non Sequitur
An argrument in which a conclusion does not follow logically from what
preceded it.
example: "If you love me, you'd buy me this car"
Post Hoc
A Fallacy in which one event is said to be the cause of a later event
simply because it occured earlier.
example: "Bill purchase a new MacBook and it works fine for months. He then buys
and installs a new piece of software. The next time he starts up his MacBook, it
freezes. Bill concludes that the software must be the cause of the freeze"
Red Herring
An observation that draws attention away from the central issue in an
argrument or discussion.
example: "We start debating the evidence supporting global warming, but you
bring yp the fact during his fights this theory is depressing...or that pacquiao
has big house and flies on jets during his fights"
Slippery Slope
This is the act of arguing from the perspective that one change
inevitably will lead to another.
example: "We have stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be
charging Php200,000 a semester!"
Straw Man
A Fallacy in which an opponent's argrument is overstated or
misrepresented in order to be more easily attacked or refuted.
example: "We either leave right now or we're never going to get there"