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The Fallacy Repair Shop

A fallacy is a pattern where the support never actually reaches the conclusion. Naming one is a diagnosis, not a refutation — so here you do both: name the break, then rebuild the argument part by part until the load transfers. Two of these eight stop being fallacies when you press the context button, which is the whole point.
Eight arguments on the bench
What came in
Step 1 · Name the break
Step 2 · Rebuild it — switch on the parts that make the load transfer

The rebuilt argument

0diagnosed
0rebuilt
0new breaks added

What the shop found