Red Herring
Red Herring
classification : informal – fallacies of ambiguity
Committed when someone introduces irrelevant material to the issue being discussed, so that everyone’s attention is diverted away from the points made, towards a different conclusion.
Included in this grouping are:
Ad hominem
Argumentum ad baculum
Argumentum ad populum
Association fallacy & Guilt by association
Appeal to authority
Appeal to consequences
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to novelty
Appeal to poverty (argumentum ad lazarum)
Appeal to wealth (argumentum ad crumenam)
Argument from silence (argumentum ex silentio)
Appeal to tradition
Chronological snobbery
Genetic fallacy
Judgmental / Prejudicial language
Poisoning the well
Sentimental fallacy
Straw man argument
Style over substance fallacy
Texas sharpshooter fallacy
Two wrongs make a right
Tu quoque
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