How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic (2006)

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The formal fallacies

Affirming the consequent
Conclusion which denies premises
Contradictory premises
Denying the antecedent
Exclusive premises
Existential fallacy
False conversion
Illicit process (minor)
Illicit process (major)
Positive conclusion/negative premises
Quaternio terminorum
Undistributed middle


The informal linguistic fallacies

Accent
Amphiboly
Composition
Division
Equivocation
Reification


The informal fallacies of relevance (omission)

Bogus dilemma
Concealed quantification
Damning the alternatives
Definitional retreat
Extensional pruning
Hedging

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