Appeal to tradition (argumentum ad antiquitatem) Appeal to tradition A logical fallacy that treats longevity or custom as proof of correctness; commonly appears in rhetoric, politics, and everyday justification of practices without independent evide…
Association fallacy: guilt by association and honor by association Association fallacy Logical error that attributes qualities to a person or thing solely because of a shared connection; includes guilt by association and honor by association and appears in politics,…
Ignoratio elenchi: the fallacy of irrelevant conclusion Ignoratio elenchi An informal logical fallacy in which an argument, though possibly coherent, fails to address the issue at hand—also called irrelevant conclusion; rooted in Aristotelian theory of r…
