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The principle that fallacies exist on a spectrum between absolute and relative, with infinite gradations and multiple dimensions. Under this law, no fallacy is purely absolute or purely relative—each occupies a position in spectral space defined by its universality, its context-dependence, its severity, its typical effects. The ad hominem fallacy is near the relative end (sometimes valid, depending on relevance); formal fallacies like affirming the consequent are nearer the absolute end (almost always errors); most fallacies are somewhere in between. The law of the spectral fallacies recognizes that fallacy evaluation is not binary but continuous, that what counts as fallacious varies across contexts, and that the question isn't "is it a fallacy?" but "where on the spectrum of fallaciousness does this argument fall?"
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