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Online Resources for Informal Fallacies
Sandra LaFave
West Valley College
On inconsistency (self-contradiction)
On special pleading
(Special pleading is a kind of
inconsistency. People who commit the fallacy of special pleading claim that a rule of thumb
that applies to everyone does not, however, apply to them, because of their special circumstances.
But if the rule really applies to everyone, it does apply to them.)
On poisoning the well
Another account of
poisoning the well
On compatibility with all states of affairs
On quibbling
On objectionable vagueness
Excellent general site on fallacies ("The Fallacy Files")
On fallacies of relevance
(irrelevant
emotional appeals, ad hominem, appeal to questionable authority, appeal to ignorance,
etc.)
On fallacies of presumption
(accident, false cause, begging the question, complex question, etc.)
On fallacies of ambiguity
(equivocation,
amphiboly, composition, division, accent)
Comprehensive list of
fallacies --
Host site is decidedly atheist and uses religious arguments as examples of fallacies.
Practical logic for Christians -- Host
site for Christian home-schooling parents
For further practice: Optional online practice exercises on informal fallacies
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