Hasty Generalization: Forming a conclusion about an entire group/class on the basis of relatively few examples.
"Alice is an adult and she's tall. Bob is an adult and he's also tall. So, I guess all adults are tall."
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Weak Analogy: An argument that relies on an analogy, or similarity, between X and Y, when X and Y are not really that similar, or the analogy is a bad one.
"You shouldn't go to the concert. Going to a concert is like climbing a mountain - it's dangerous and cold."
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Begging the Question: An argument begs the question when it contains a premise which already assumes that the conclusion is true.
"Carol is lying about her grade. I know she is because she's not telling the truth."
We'll soon be able to make trips to other planets. This begs the question: is space travel safe?
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Equivocation: An argument in which an ambiguous word is used in two different ways, but is treated as if it had the same meaning both times.
"Justin Bieber is a star. Stars are giant astronomical objects. Therefore, Justin Bieber is a giant astronomical object."
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Appeal to Majority: An argument which reasons that something is true because most people believe that it's true.
"The Sun revolves around the Earth. Come on, everyone knows that."
