Informal Logic

 I. Fundamentals of Informal Logic

  A. Informal Logic in a Nutshell
      1) Argument & Argument Analysis
      2) Acceptable Premises
      3) Relevance and Sufficiency

      4) Laws of Logic/Though

   
  B. Deductive Arguments
      1) Categorical Logic
      2) Propositional Logic

  C. Inductive Arguments
      1) Inductive Generalization
      2) Statistical Syllogism
      3) Analogical Arguments
      4) Causal Arguments
          a. Mill's Methods
          b. Bradford Hill criteria

  D. Abductive Arguments

  E. (So called) Logical Fallacies
      1) Fallacies Violating Acceptability (Problematic Premises)
        -Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
        -Equivocation
        -False Analogy

      2) Fallacies Violating Relevance (Irrelevant Reason/It Does Not Follow)
        -Red Herring
        -Straw Man
        -Ad Hominem
           -Poisoning the Well
        -Tu Quoque
           -Whataboutism
        -Guilt by Association
        -Appeal to Popularity
        -Non-Sequitur
        -Appeal to Authority

        -Argument from Incredulity 

      3) Fallacies Violating Sufficiency (Hasty Conclusion)
        -Argument from Ignorance
        -Affirming the Consequent
        -Denying the Antecedent
        -Hasty Generalization
           -Misleading Vividness
        -Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
        -False Dichotomy
        -Fallacy Fallacy   
   

  F. Bad Reasoning (that may or may not be considered fallacies)
    -Kafkatrapping
    -Motte & Bailey