Engilsh Conspiracy theory Herrera

Argument from Ignorance

The fallacy that since we don't know (or can never know, or cannot prove) whether a claim is true or false, it must be false (or that it must be true)

anomie

a social condition in which there is a disintegration or disappearance of the norms and values that were previosly common to the society

red herring

an irrelevant distraction attempting to mislead an audience by bringing up an unrelated but usually emotionally loaded issue

slippery slope

the common fallacy that one thing inevitably leads to another

equivocation

the fallacy of deliberately failing to define one's terms, or deliberately using words in a different sense than the one the sudience will inderstand

false analogy

the fallacy of incorrecty comparing one thing to another in order to draw a false conlusion

corfirmation bias

the tendency to interpret new evidence as validation of one's existing beliefs or theories

Social

when causal explanations satiafy the desire to belong and maintain a poaitive image of the self and the in-group

epistemic

when causal explanations satisfy curiosity when information is unavailable as well as reduce uncertainty and bewilderment when available information is conflicting therefore defending existing beliefs from disconfirmation

existential

when causal explanations serve the need for people to feel safe and secure in their environment and to exect contorl over the environment as autonomous individuals and as members of collectives