Fallacy Catalog

Each fallacy includes clear definitions, real examples showing both fallacious and valid reasoning, and an explanation of why it matters.

Relevance

Attacking the person making an argument instead of addressing the argument itself.

Using someone's credentials or status as proof of a claim, rather than the evidence or reasoning behind it.

Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack, then refuting the distorted version instead of the real one.