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EntityQ623213· pop 7· linked from 159 articles

proof by example

Also known as inappropriate generalization

erroneous method of proof

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irrelevant conclusion

anecdotal evidence

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Quantificational fallacies

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not invented here

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association fallacy

mathematical proof

mathematical logic

inductive reasoning

propositional calculus

logical negation

straw man argument

argument from authority

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without loss of generality

not invented here

McNamara fallacy

special pleading

Appeal to the law

in-group favoritism

appeal to consequences

a dicto simpliciter

moving the goalposts

Moralistic fallacy

poisoning the well

appeal to emotion

false attribution

argument from analogy

Package-deal fallacy

appeal to probability

chronological snobbery

converse accident

post hoc ergo propter hoc