Every Type of Logical Fallacy Explained

Twelve ways an argument can cheat, and the tell that gives each one away. This video works through the twelve classic logical fallacies the way a fact-checker pins evidence to a board. Each fallacy is named, defined in plain English, shown doing its work in a real situation - a stance twisted until it is easy to ridicule, a famous face standing in for evidence, a summer statistic that points the wrong way - and then reduced to its tell: the one sign that separates the trick from a genuine argument. Every fallacy also gets its own hand-drawn figure on screen, so each trick becomes something you can picture, not just a term to memorize. 0:00 The Strawman 0:38 Ad Hominem 1:14 The False Dilemma 1:53 The Slippery Slope 2:33 Circular Reasoning 3:13 The Appeal to Authority 3:54 The Bandwagon Fallacy 4:31 The Red Herring 5:08 Hasty Generalization 5:48 The Appeal to Emotion 6:26 The False Cause Fallacy 7:08 The No True Scotsman #logicalfallacy #fallacies #criticalthinking #debatetips #argument #brainfood