There are dozens of textbook logical fallacies. Learning how to spot them and avoid them can reduce many forms of bias. Ironically, however, committing logical fallacies can sometimes make a ...

Using a logical fallacy doesn't necessarily mean someone is wrong. It can, however, indicate either faulty thinking and flawed logic, if used unintentionally, or an attempt to manipulate the truth ...

All fallacies are errors in logic, ergo any fallacy is a “logical” fallacy. Working one of them into an argument is, by definition “bad logic” and working two of them in is just worse logic.

The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn ...

However, the human mind is the irrational elephant in the room, causing many thinkers to misidentify and abuse logical fallacies over the course of a debate. Steven Novella, president of the New ...

By inventing logical fallacies (that you would never learn in a real logic class) and applying them to their political opponents. The most popular one is false equivalence.

Formal logic can point to a logical fallacy advanced in the rejection, which can then point to what specific claim terms and what specific factual findings to apply and arguments to refute the ...

Mistakes in reasoning are often overlooked by both proponents and opponents. Consider some of these common fallacies.