Monthly Archives: March 2013

Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy – improperly asserting a cause to explain a cluster of data. Refutation:  The cluster may well be the result of chance, in which case it was not caused by anything.   Example:  The number of cases of disease cancer … Continue reading →

Appeal to Wealth (argumentum ad crumenam) – supporting a conclusion because the arguer is wealthy (or refuting because the arguer is poor). (Sometimes taken together with the appeal to poverty as a general appeal to the arguer’s financial situation.) Refutation: Arguments stand … Continue reading →