The paper's arguments are based on a number of logical fallacies that undermine its conclusions. The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute have released a new paper arguing that ...

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...

A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. It can undermine your case. Therefore, it is important to examine your own planned written and oral presentations. Also, carefully consider opposing presentations ...

Way back in 1988, in my first quarter at Cal Poly, I took a lower-level English class whose lessons have proved broadly useful over the ensuing years. It was a course on critical thinking, and it ...

As a marketer, I can tell you that logical fallacies are used in advertising all the time. You find them in a variety of messages that bombard you daily. As a matter of fact, you’re probably so used ...

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Winning isn’t everything, but it sure is nice. When you don’t see eye to eye with someone, here are the best tricks for winning that argument. If you want to be the winner of the argument, act like ...

The Brexit debate is full of facts, figures, and fallacies. We look at 18 different fallacies to see where the logic breaks down in statements that often seem ‘right’ at first glance. Voters who want ...

Natalie Zina Walschots exposes the fallacies to the ‘fake geek girl’ argument often made by gatekeepers of the hobby. I want to start by considering an image. It made both the front page of Reddit and ...