Genetic Fallacy: Difference between revisions

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* Appeal to motive
* Appeal to motive
* Appeal to nature (claiming "natural" things are good ''because'' they're "natural")
* Appeal to nature (claiming "natural" things are good ''because'' they're "natural")
* [[Appeal to Novelty]]
* Appeal to novelty (arguing "let's do this because we've never done it this way")
** Chronological snobbery (claiming "newer is better")
* Appeal to tradition (arguing "let's do this because we've always done it this way")
* [[Appeal to Tradition]]
* Argumentum ad crumenam ([[Appeal to Wealth]])
* Argumentum ad crumenam ([[Appeal to Wealth]])
* Argumentum ad lazarum (Appeal to Poverty)
* Argumentum ad lazarum (Appeal to Poverty)
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** Reductio ad Stalinum
** Reductio ad Stalinum
* Bulverism (assuming one's opponent is wrong and explaining the error - [[Circular Reasoning]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] Genetic Fallacy)
* Bulverism (assuming one's opponent is wrong and explaining the error - [[Circular Reasoning]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] Genetic Fallacy)
* Chronological snobbery (claiming "newer is better")
* Etymological fallacy (arguing about the meaning of a word used in one's opponent's argument)
* Etymological fallacy (arguing about the meaning of a word used in one's opponent's argument)
* Ipse dixit (an assertion without proof)
* Ipse dixit (an assertion without proof)