- 1.
You shall not attack the person's character, but rather their argument. (Ad hominem)
- 2.
You shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person's arguments to make them easier to attack. (Straw man argument)
- 3.
You shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Premature generalization)
- 4.
You shall not argue your position under the assumption that one of its premises is true. (Begging the question)
- 5.
You shall not claim that something that has already happened must be the cause of this. (Post-hoc/false cause)
- 6.
You shall not reduce the argument to two possibilities. (False dichotomy)
- 7.
You shall not argue that a claim must be true or false due to our ignorance. (Ad ignorantum)
- 8.
You shall not place the burden of proof on the person challenging the claim. (Reversal of the burden of proof)
- 9.
You shall not assume that "this" follows from "that" if there is no logical connection. (non sequitur)
- 10.
You shall not argue that a premise must be true because it is popular. (Bandwagon fallacy)