1. Circulus in demonstrando: Also known as circular reasoning because the reasoning assumes the conclusion is true.
2. Argumentum ad populum: Sometimes occurs due to “peer pressure” or groupthink phenomenon when you may be influenced to conform to the opinion of the group.
3. Single cause/complex cause: a causal situation where we are unsure of the actual root cause of the issue. It’s possible to ignore a possible cause or to incorrectly assume a common cause.
4. Red herring: this argument states that the action (or conclusion) is a justified response to another wrong action (or conclusion)
5. Argument from ignorance: this occurs when there is no real evidence for the argument. Superstitions are a good example of this.
6. False dilemma: the “either/or” fallacy – the argument presents only two extreme alternatives and does not allow for alternative options.
7. Association fallacy: indicates that one negative action will lead to another, and then another worse one, and so on and so forth all leading to a terrible end result