Logical Errors

Logical Fallacies

Faulty Premises

Misleading Terms

Euphemism

Euphemism works just the opposite from the fallacy of the epithet. By choosing a label with a predominantly positive emotional connotation, the speaker invites the hearers to adopt a judgmental bias in favor of the conclusion advanced. For example, a campaign commercial described a candidate for office as ". . . a taxpayer, a homeowner, and a family man. He's a working lieutenant governor." The individual in question may or may not have made a good whatever-it-is he was running for. This partially hidden proposition simply fails to shed any important factual light on that question.

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Map of Logical Errors