| Note | Description | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [[notes/Appeal to novelty.md\|Appeal to novelty]] | A fallacy that assumes something is better simply because it is new or modern. | | [[notes/Appeal to tradition.md\|Appeal to tradition]] | A logical fallacy that argues a practice is correct or superior simply because it has a long history. | | [[notes/Category mistake.md\|Category mistake]] | A logical error where properties or concepts are incorrectly attributed to things of a different logical type. | | [[notes/Chronocentrism.md\|Chronocentrism]] | The belief that one’s own time period is more important or advanced than past or future eras. | | [[notes/Howler.md\|Howler]] | A glaring blunder or embarrassing mistake, often in speech or writing. | | [[notes/Inspection paradox.md\|Inspection paradox]] | A probability paradox where sampling tends to overrepresent classes with larger sizes or longer durations. | | [[notes/Loaded question.md\|Loaded question]] | A question that contains a controversial or unjustified assumption, making it difficult to answer without appearing guilty. | | [[notes/Nirvana fallacy.md\|Nirvana fallacy]] | A logical fallacy of comparing a realistic solution with an idealized alternative and dismissing the fomer because it is imperfect. | | [[notes/No true Scotsman.md\|No true Scotsman]] | A fallacy in which one dismisses counterexamples by redefining a group to exclude them, preserving a generalisation. | | [[notes/Reification.md\|Reification]] | Treating an abstract concept as if it were a concrete thing or entity. | | [[notes/The map is not the territory.md\|The map is not the territory]] | The idea that representations of reality, such as models or maps, are simplifications and not the same as reality itself. | | [[notes/Vicious abstractionism.md\|Vicious abstractionism]] | Alfred North Whitehead’s term for overly abstract thinking that disconnects concepts from practical reality. |