Logical Fallacies & Cognitive Biases

36 popular logical fallacies, cognitive biases, and red herrings, ready to rubber-stamp your friends' messages!

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From the classic "Straw Man" to the insidious "Confirmation Bias," these fallacies are alphabetized and color-coded for your pedantic convenience.

Each sticker has a brief explanation right in the stamp. Teach them fallacies they never even heard of!

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20 OF THE FINEST LOGICAL FALLACIES

Affirming the Consequent - A Proves B ≠ B Proves A

Anecdotal Fallacy - Isolated Examples

Argument from Ignorance - Unproven ≠ False

Cherry Picking - Ignoring Contrary Cases

Circular Reasoning - Begging the Question

Denying the Antecedent - A Proves B ≠ Not-A Proves Not-B

Equivocation - Same Word, Different Meanings

Existential Fallacy - Assuming Existence

Fallacy of the Single Cause - May Be Multiple Causes

False Analogy - Comparison Does Not Fit

False Compromise - Middle Option Not Always Right

False Dichotomy - More than Two Options

Insufficient Evidence - Jumping to Conclusions

Kettle Logic - Arguments Contradict Each Other

Moving the Goalposts - Argument Already Countered

Perfect Solution Fallacy - Perfect Option May Not Exist

Post Hoc Fallacy - Correlation ≠ Causation

Proof by Assertion - Proven Wrong, Repeated Anyway

Special Pleading - Unjustified Exception

Wrong Direction - Reversed Cause and Effect

4 CROWD-PLEASING COGNITIVE BIASES

Backfire Effect - Belief Strengthened as Disproven

Clustering Illusion - Seeing Patterns in Randomness

Confirmation Bias - Seeing What You Expect

Negativity Bias - Remembering Bad Cases More

12 HAND-SELECTED RED HERRINGS

Ad Baculum - Persuasion by Threat

Ad Hominem - Attacking the Person

Ad Populum - The Majority Can Be Wrong

Appeal to Authority - Even Authorities Need Proof

Appeal to Emotion - Manipulation, Not Reason

Appeal to Tradition - Not Questioning the Past

Association Fallacy - Shared Traits ≠ The Same Thing

Chewbacca Defense - Meaningless Distraction

Ignoratio Elenchi - Maybe True but Irrelevant

Moralistic Fallacy - What Should Be ≠ What Is

Naturalistic Fallacy - What Is ≠ What Should Be

Straw Man Fallacy - Inventing a False Target