Favorite 5 Fallacies

1. Straw man: This is the fallacy of refuting a caricatured or extreme version of somebody's argument, rather than the actual argument they've made.

 2. Argumentum ad populum: (argument or appeal to the public) This is the fallacy of trying to prove something by showing that the public agrees with you.

 

3.Argumentum ad numerum: (argument or appeal to numbers) This fallacy is the attempt to prove something by showing how many people think that it's true.

4.Argumentum ad logicam: (argument to logic) This is the fallacy of assuming that something is false simply because a proof or argument that someone has offered for it is invalid; this reasoning is fallacious because there may be another proof or argument that successfully supports the proposition. 

5. Argumentum ad hominem: (argument directed at the person) This is the error of attacking the character or motives of a person who has stated an idea, rather than the idea itself.