Possibly the most common fallacy, a strawman argument is when one misrepresents a position. Examples include: More people die in car accidents than gun deaths, so I suppose we should outlaw cars. Evolution says everything came from nothing
Logical Fallacies
Describes logical fallacies
Non sequitur
Latin for “it does not follow,” the non sequitur is a common logical fallacy. The statement itself may be true or false, but the conclusion it purports to support, doesn’t actually follow from the statement. An example of this would be: Humans are mammals Dogs are mammals Therefore, humans are dogs An example of a […]