When
The latest version of this info-graphic was published in November of 2012
Who
David McCandless wrote and designed this info-graphics, additional design was done by Tatjana Dubovina and Piero Zagami.
Marley Whiteside, Kathryn Ariel Kay, and Peter Ayres collected the data.
Translated Into:
- French - Gilles Peyroux
- German - Klaus-Michael Lux and Iván Galarza
- Italian- Klaus-Michael Lux and Iván Galarza
- Spanish- Klaus-Michael Lux and Iván Galarza
Where
This info-graphic can be found at http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/
The authors used the following tools to create this info-graphic:
- Wikipedia, FallacyFiles.org, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Skeptic Dictionary, ChangingMinds.org, LogicallyFallacious.com, Dosters, e-ducation.net, EvolutionWiki.org, Infidels.org, Philosophical Society, Sjsu.ed, TVTropes.org, Santarosa.edu, A Concise Introduction to Logic (Patrick J Hurley), Beginners Guide to the Scientific Method (Stephen S Carey)
What
According to the info-graphic there are 6 categories of fallacy:
- Appeal to the Mind
- Appeal to Emotions
- Faulty Deduction
- Manipulating Content
- Garbled Cause & Effect
- On the Attack
As listed above this info-graphic has been translated into the following languages:
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
This info-graphic is released under the CC-BY-NC 3.0
Why
Understanding these fallacies could be useful when participating in an educated discussion with someone. For one, you will be able to stop yourself from using a fallacy. And you will also be able to identify when others use a fallacy so you can show them their logic error.